Recycle Your Paper and Earn Money for Mayo!
Have you noticed the new yellow and
green Paper Retriever Recycling Bin in
our parking lot? Mayo has coordinated
with the Abitibi Paper Retriever Paper
Recycling Program to earn money for
our school’s environmental projects.
Our school will be paid by the tons for
the recyclable paper we and members of
the surrounding community collect.
A true Full-Circle Recycler, ®
AbitibiBowater is the world's largest
manufacturer of recycled content newsprint for use in making newspapers. The
paper you recycle today may be the newspaper you read in just a few weeks….and
again in two months...and again.
The Abitibi Paper Retriever Paper Recycling Program programs teaches
environmental stewardship, reduces waste hauling costs was well as raises funds
for our school.
So, what can you put in the bin?
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Newspapers and Inserts
Magazines/catalogs
Office/school papers
Mail
You might consider setting aside a place in your home to collect the above items.
Rather than putting them out with the regular recycling, drop them off at the school
in our Paper Retriever bin.
Please DO NOT put corrugated cardboard, food boxes (such as cereal boxes),
chipboard, fiberboard, hard cover books or phone books in the container. While all
these items are recyclable, Abitibi’s mills are not designed to support these items.
Please recycle these items in your Anne Arundel County curbside bins or at
recycling sites located around the county.
We thank you for your support! Please check back here for updates
on our progress.
For more information regarding the Abitibi Paper Retriever Paper
Recycling Program visit: www.paperretriever.com
Saving Energy
By: Cole
Conserving energy is when you save energy.
You can save energy by turning off the lights when you are not in the
room. It saves a lot of energy (and money) if you change all the light bulbs
in your house to CFLs. Also you should turn off your heat or air conditioner
when you’re not home to save energy. You can adjust the temperature just
a little bit on your air conditioner or heater and that can save LOTS of
energy and money. When you are not playing Xbox, you should unplug it
or turn it off. Also you should turn off the computer and its monitor when
you are not using it because when it is on standby it still uses energy!
When you aren’t using your printer turn it off!
SAVING ENERGY SAVES
MONEY!!
Water Conservation
By: Jara
Water Conservation is when you are trying to
save water. You can save water one way by
turning the water off when you are not using the
water for brushing your teeth. Or when you are
washing your dishes you can get a large plastic
container to wash your dishes instead of letting the water
run into the sink while you are washing them, then you could
throw all that water out over your plants and gardens. Did
you know that with an older shower head you could use up
to
80
gallons of water in a 10 minute
shower and with a newer shower head
you use
30 gallons in a 10 minute
shower? Can you even believe this?
There is a
50
gallon difference! Also,
when you are taking a shower you can turn off the water
when you are scrubbing shampoo into your hair and then you
could turn the water on to rinse. Saving water helps save
our environment
Composting
By Sarah
Do you ever have too many food scraps, like fruits and
vegetables? Or do you drink a lot of coffee? You don’t
want all those things to be thrown in the landfills do
you? Instead of having all those scraps thrown in the landfills you can have a
compost bin. It’s pretty easy to make a compost bin. All you
need is a plastic net with holes, some posts, and all those food
scraps. Once you have the compost bin done you just start
putting all the food scraps that I mentioned in your bin along
with leafs and other lawn scraps. Fruits, vegetables, and coffee
grounds are ok, but you don’t want to put meats, dairies, or breads in there,
because that will attract animals. Once you have lots of scraps in your bin, you
should mix it around about every 2 days. After a while, you should have rich soil
to use in your gardens.