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Ms. Welch’s 3rd Grade Service Learning
Fast Facts: ·
Recycling a single aluminum can saves enough energy to power
a TV for 3 hours! ·
Making paper from recycled paper reduces more air pollution by
95% ·
Recycling a stack of newspapers just 3 feet high
saves one tree! As part of their unit on pollution, Ms. Welch’s 3rd
graders began a recycling service learning project. The project data will be used to help
persuade MPE students, staff, and the community to help implement a full
recycling program here at Mountain Park Elementary. Last week, Ms. Welch’s 3rd grade students
collected information about the items discarded by MPE students at
lunch. The trash was sorted into
groups and then weighed. This is what
they discovered about MPE lunch trash. MPE Lunchroom Trash
We threw away 1,605 pounds of food! ·
Some of the food we threw away could be used in a
compost pile.
We threw away 160 pounds of plastic! ·
The plastic we threw away contained enough fiber to
make approximately 10,000 t-shirts!
We threw away 20 pounds of metal! ·
The metal we threw away could have saved enough
energy for 2580 hours of TV viewing. That
would be like leaving your TV on for 1,075 days straight!!
We threw away 160 pounds of paper! ·
The paper we threw away could have saved
approximately 32 trees!
Go to Ms. Welch’s 3rd
Grade site http://www.welchsclass.com
to read more and find out how you can help here at MPE!
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Composting
provides a way to reduce the amount of waste that needs to be disposed of and
it coverts waste into a product that is useful for gardening, landscaping, or
house plants.
