HISTORY
The Lincoln Northeast H.S. Ecology Club was founded in 1989. In 1990, to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of Earth Day, the club members and their founding sponsor, Phil Pfeiffer, initiated the LNE recycling program. With donated paint and salvaged cardboard boxes, they painted cardboard boxes for collecting mixed office paper and newspapers in the classrooms and office areas. They soon added aluminum can collection containers, and coordinated with the Cafeteria and Consumer Science department to recycle glass jars and tin cans as well. Three years ago the club set up a cardboard collection program and added magazines, catalogs, textbooks and telephone books to the materials that are collected for recycling at Northeast. Few aluminum cans are used at LNE now. Most pop is sold in plastic bottles which are now collected with aluminum cans. Even sawdust from the wood shop is collected and used for mulch, diverting even more solid waste from the landfill. In 1980, the club introduced and fostered the use of "half-used" paper (paper with something else that is obsolete on the reverse, but still has one blank side). The daily bulletins, worksheets, memos and so forth are still printed on half-used paper to the extent possible. Many reams of paper are saved each year by first "reducing" and then recycling.
In January of 2000, Lynn Strack took over the supervision of the recycling program and as liason with Marti Franti, LPS Recycling Coordinator. Many Special Education students now earn school credits through an Independent Job Practice and/or Work Skills Class by working with the recycling program on a daily basis. LNE has a Recycling Room where we are able to store supplies, sort the different paper products, sort cans from bottles, and rinse and crush the cans. The students and staff at LNE have been very supportive of the recycling program.
COMPARISON CHART
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Trees
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one ton of recycled paper save 17 trees |
12,391 KWH of energy |
one ton of recyled paper saves 4,100 kilowatt hours of energy |
24,570 Gallons of water |
one ton of recycled paper saves 7,000 gallons of water |
12 Cubic yards of local landfill space |
one ton of paper saves 3.3 yard of landfill |
211 Lbs. of air pollution |
eliminates 60 lbs. of air pollutants created when making paper from virgin wood pulp |
1,439 Gallons of fuel |
one ton of paper recycled saves 410 gallons fuel
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BOTTLES
Plastic bottles and aluminum cans go in the same container. Look
for the symbol.
YES
Plastic pop/water bottles
Bottleneck rings OKAluminum cans |
NO
NO LIDS!
(When smashing lids cause injuries)
Please empty/drain
container when possible |
CARDBOARD
The custodial staff will pick up CARDBOARD.
Please place any boxes outside classroom door at the end of the day.
When sending a student with discards,
please have student dump contents into appropriate container (Recycle or trash),
flatten box and place cardboard in cardboard recycling dumpster.
YES
Flattened cardboard boxes,
Pop Carton, Pop Flats, Craft paper, Paper grocery bags, Pizza boxes Painted stage cardboard - OK |
NO
Tissue Paper, Papter Towels, Magazines, Newspaper,
Construction Paper, Food Wrappers, Office Paper |
MIXED
Staples DO NOT need to be removed.
Please remove paper clips
YES
White bond (Stationary).
Copy paper,
Computer paper (any color),
Tablet paper (any color),
Envelopes (with/without windows),
NCR paper (carbonless paper),
Ream wrappers (no craft paper),
Post-It notes, Legal paper, Colored paper, File folder, Card Stock |
NO
Tissue Paper, Paper Towels, Newspaper, Magazines, Manila envelopes, Construction paper, Food wrappers,
Grocery bags
(put with cardboard)
Pop Cartons
(put with cardboard)
Black carbon paper, Craft paper, Transparencies, Laminations |
NEWSPAPER
NEWSPAPER is collected in labeled containers in the
following locations:
1. Main Office
2. Journalism Room
3. English Department, Room 116
| YES
Newspaper - Ads/Inserts OKNewsprint |
NO
Tissue paper, Paper towels, Magazines, Construction paper, Manila Envelopes, Food Wrapers |
MAGAZINE
MAGAZINES are collected in labeled containers in the following locations:
1. Main Office
2. Media Center
YES
MagazinesCatalogs"Slick Paper" |
NO
Tissue paper, Paper towels, Newspaper, Construction paper, Manila Envelopes, Cardboard, Food Wrapers |
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