Now
that school is back in session across the city and state, it’s time not only to
educate the students, but teachers as well about the merits of recycling. If you’re a teacher, did you know there
is an entire downloadable curriculum on recycling? It makes no difference what age your students are –
elementary, middle school or high school – each syllabus is designed to fit
your students’ ages.
There is a startling
list of how long it takes various products to breakdown. For example, did you know it takes
1,000,000 years for a glass bottle to completely breakdown? 500 years for an aluminum can. And 500 years for a disposable
diaper. All these statistics are
available to any teacher interested in recycling by going online to: http://www.eastman.com/GSAR/Pages/Education.aspx.
There’s even a class
on the myths/facts about recycling.
For example, many people think paper bags at the grocery store are a
better environmental choice than plastic bags. The facts are plastic bags use 40% less energy to produce
and they generate 80% less solid waste than paper. Plastic bags are also 100% recyclable for all environmental
impacts related to air emissions, water emissions and solid waste.
Take a look at the
company behind the website – Eastman Chemical Company, which also happens to be
a huge sponsor of “Good Sports Always Recycle,” the country’s largest sports stadium recycling
program.
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