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Waste INDEX | At School
 Pack
a No-Waste Lunch:
* Buy or make a reusable lunch box you
can keep year after year. Use a thermos or water bottle instead of individual
juice packs. Use plastic containers instead of plastic bags. Take only
the food you will eat, eat the food you bring, and compost the food
you don't eat.Use Reusable School Supplies:
* Buy a sturdy backpack that will last a long time, refillable pens
and pencils, and other long-lasting reusable productsUse Less Paper:
* Use recycled paper and use both sides. Think before you print a document
off your school computer, could you read it online instead or file it
online for later reference? Because paper and packaging make up such
a large part of our garbage, by using less paper you can reduce up to
40 percent of the trash that is thrown away.
Zero-Waste
Lunch Ideas:
www.wastefreelunches.org
www.laptoplunches.com
www.reusablebags.com
www.ecocycle.org/atschool/greenstarschools.cfm
http://wrap-n-mat.com/
Buy School Supplies Made from Recycled Materials:
* Look for paper, notebooks, plastic containers,
and other supplies with the recycled logo. This label will also include
a statement telling you what percent recycled materials were used in
making this product. Remember, if you aren't buying recycled products,
you aren't really recycling. When you recycle newspapers, school papers,
plastic drink bottles and other such products, the companies who recycle
them for you are also depending on you to take the next step by buying
products that are made from recycled materials.
Take a Tour of the Flathead County Landfill and Compost Garden:
* Each spring The Waste Not Project offers free field trips for Flathead
County schools. Students and educators learn hands-on about waste management,
hazardous waste, recycling, composting, and worm composting. Call The
Waste Not Project at 756-8993 for more information.
Ways in which the Flathead Can Reduce Its
School Waste:
* Utilize this Waste
Not Curriculum in schools (free to download).
* Waste Not Project waste audit of Flathead
Valley Community College.
Additional Waste Reduction Sites:
* http://www.montana.edu/wwwated/links.htm
* http://www.recyclemontana.org
* http://www.wastefreelunches.org
* http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/reduce.htm
Sources:
Text from the following websites was adapted in putting together the
information on this page:
* http://www.moea.state.mn.us/campaign/home/index.html
* http://www.moea.state.mn.us/campaign/workplace/index.html
* http://www.moea.state.mn.us/campaign/school/index.html
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