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Spence W

How can I reuse or recycle a broken basketball? | How can I recycle this? - 0 views

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  • Cut it into pieces and make some sweet bracelets!
    • Spence W
      Spence W on 26 Nov 12
       
      We could do a sail for bracelets like some people did for the Costa Rica trip.
    • Spence W
      Spence W on 26 Nov 12
       
      With old footballs and basketballs
  • Spence W on 26 Nov 12
     
    "Cut it into pieces and make some sweet bracelets!"
Spence W

NYC Schools Cut Food Waste by Composting - Earth911.com - 0 views

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shared by Spence W on 19 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Americans discarded nearly 34 million tons of food waste in 2010, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. When five New York City parents saw how much food waste was being hauled out of local schools and tossed into landfills, they decided to take matters into their own hands.
    • Spence W
      Spence W on 19 Nov 12
       
      This tells us that other schools are noticing this besides our school.
Tom M

How Much Food do Kids Throw Away at School? | The Slow Cook - 0 views

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shared by Tom M on 19 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Recently, for instance, I was surprised to see kids lining up for seconds at lunch before some kids had even been served their first portions. Turns out what they wanted were the meatballs that came with their whole wheat spaghetti. Otherwise, the pasta along with a wonderful green been salad, a side of corn and a whole wheat roll all went into the garbage can.
    • Tom M
      Tom M on 19 Nov 12
       
      The answers question 10
Spence W

How To: Keep Food Waste Out of the Garbage | RethinkRecycling.com - 0 views

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  • Keeping food waste out of your trash benefits more than just the environment. There is the very real advantage of reducing the demands on landfills, but the list of benefits goes on. Other benefits of food waste recycling include: Edible food goes to neighborhoods in need. You can reduce taxes and fees on waste disposal by reducing trash pick-ups. It reflects well on your business, showing customers you care about the community. It increases the cleanliness of your business by reducing the amount of liquid in your garbage. Separated food is more visible, improving inventory management. It improves worker safety and efficiency by reducing heavy lifting of garbage bags and number of trips to the garbage dumpster.
    • Spence W
      Spence W on 19 Nov 12
       
      This tells us recycling can do more than just help the environment
kim trefz

VoiceThread Reflections - 0 views

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started by kim trefz on 16 Nov 12 no follow-up yet
Tre J

Studying School Food Waste - 0 views

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  • Tre J on 12 Nov 12
     
    "While the study isn't on food waste, specifically, there's plenty of insight on the topic. "Digging" found that food was the single largest material generated by schools, amounting to 24 percent of the total waste generated. That's about double the percentage in the (regular) "
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