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Ms. Corinna Low's science classes certified

  • 225 Students
  • 6 report(s)
  • 0 lbs CO2e saved

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Step 1: Perform a Baseline Assessment
Or
If you have already started a waste reduction initiative at your school, provide a brief description of the initial problem you observed.

Waste Baseline Assessment

Ms. Corinna Low's science classes

Westborough Middle School

South San Francisco Unified School District

Step 2: Create an Action Plan to obtain GSS certification
Or
If you already started a waste reduction initiative, report on what action project(s) you have completed and how you implemented this project at your school.

Science Class Goal: Zero Waste

Ms. Corinna Low's science classes

Westborough Middle School

South San Francisco Unified School District

Step 2: Create an Action Plan to obtain GSS certification
Or
If you already started a waste reduction initiative, report on what action project(s) you have completed and how you implemented this project at your school.

Proper waste disposal

Ms. Corinna Low's science classes

Westborough Middle School

South San Francisco Unified School District

Step 3: Complete the Action Projects identified in your Action Plan (must do at least one)
Or
If you already started a waste reduction initiative, report on what action project(s) you have completed and how you implemented this project at your school.

Zero Waste Goals

Ms. Corinna Low's science classes

Westborough Middle School

South San Francisco Unified School District

Step 4: Do a Follow-up Assessment and / or report on the actions taken by your class to conserve resources and reduce C02e. Include the numbers here in this step, such as the amount of paper recycled over 30 days.

School results

Ms. Corinna Low's science classes

Westborough Middle School

South San Francisco Unified School District

Step 5: Celebrate and Share your project(s)

To Blueline!

Ms. Corinna Low's science classes

Westborough Middle School

South San Francisco Unified School District

School results

June 3 2019

Planeteers Club, Compost Club and WeCyclers Club are now a pivotal part of the WMS Green Team.  The students work hard collecting waste and diverting it from the landfill.

Summary

The Planeteers Club removed many pounds of waste from the landfill by sending certain items to TerraCycle.  We collected 60 lbs. of drink pouches, 90 lbs. of snack bags, 3 lbs. of energy bar wrappers, 6 lbs. of oral care products, 4 lbs. of tape products, and 20 lbs. of writing implements for TerraCycle this school year. Less waste was generated by removing compostables from the landfill containers. We now have compost bins from SSF Scavengers and we fill five of the big bins each week with all of our organics.  The Planeteers Club, Compost Club and WeCyclers clubs are a success and will continue to help keep our school green in the future years! We diverted 10,880 gallons of organics from being landfilled!

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Organics diverted from landfill - organics composted!

10880 gallons of Mixed organics between August 30th 2018 and May 30th 2019
Results: 195,084 lbs CO2e emmissions avoided

Waste (juice pouches, snack bags, wrappers, oral care products, writing implements, tape products) diverted from landfill via Terracycle.

183 Pounds of Recyclables Diverted from School Waste Stream between September 2nd 2018 and May 30th 2019
Results: 512 lbs CO2e emmissions avoided

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