Jill Buck, National Founder and Executive Director of the Go Green Initiative (GGI) based in California, announced today that the Syracuse City School District is the first city school district in New York State to have 100% participation."Every school in the Syracuse school district is now participating in promoting environmental stewardship," says Jill Buck. "The local Go Green organizers and the Syracuse School District should be proud to be first school district in NY state to achieve this level of involvement. We hope other school districts in the state will follow your example."With the support of Superintendent Dan Lowengard and Head of Facilities Nick Dibello, Syracuse City Schools Head Custodians and other school Green team members are banding together to improve recycling. Special recycling stations will be created in each classroom, complete with 2 well-labeled blue bins for dual stream recycling (one for recycling paper and one for recycling plastic, metal and glass containers) to make recycling easier than ever. In addition to establishing recycling stations next to every trash can, Syracuse Green teams will be working to educate their campus community on proper recycling. All faculty and staff members will be given information on proper recycling and asked to share the information with their students. Many GGI Syracuse schools are also taking steps to reduce cafeteria waste. By utilizing recyclable paper bags rather than styrofoam trays at breakfast, schools are not only taking steps toward reducing waste and helping the environment, but also saving the district money in purchasing and disposal fees. A typical school breakfast consists of a prepackaged bowl of cereal, a carton of milk and a carton of juice � therefore a paper bag is adequate to carry the goods from the lunch line to the table versus a styrofoam tray which is not recyclable. Schools will still use styrofoam trays, when hot breakfasts are served.Local sponsors of the Go Green Initiative include Daystar Recycling, Naef Recycling Corporation, New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, Solvay Paperboard and Waste Management.The Go Green Initiative is the nation's fastest growing fully comprehensive environmental action plan for schools. By promoting environmental stewardship on campuses from elementary schools through universities, Go Green works to involve families, businesses and local governments in the common goal of protecting human health through environmental stewardship.
For more info, go to http://www.gogreeninitiative.org/.Since its inception in July 2002, the Go Green Initiative has been endorsed by the National School Boards Association, National Recycling Coalition, adopted by six State PTA Boards, implemented in 39 states and over 600 schools, along with schools in Europe, Mexico, and Africa. There are currently over 1 million students and teachers in registered Go Green schools.
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