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Success Story: Bellevue High School
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Recycling Containers
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These large recycling containers were placed throughout the campus to increase recycling and decrease litter. |
School District: Bellevue
School Location: Bellevue
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: In 2003, during the pilot Green Schools Program, then again in September 2008
Level one of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in June 2009
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- The school achieved a recycling rate of 37 percent.
- The City of Bellevue partnered with the Green Schools Program to provide assistance to Bellevue schools.
- Containers for recycling are in classrooms, the cafeteria and offices.
- The school collects and mails bottle caps to Aveda for the company’s bottle cap recycling program.
- To reduce paper use, the school does the following:
- Instituted a double-sided photocopying policy and placed education sheets on all printers to promote the policy.
- Uses e-mail communication whenever possible.
- All classrooms use smart boards and flash drives.
Environmental Education
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A Job Well Done
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King County Executive Ron Sims presents a certificate of appreciation for participation in the Green Schools program. |
- Bellevue High has a very active environmental club, the Earthbound Club, with approximately 50 members.
- In April 2009 the Earthbound Club held a sustainability event with 10 speakers and more than 20 booths from environmental agencies. Approximately 250 people, including City of Bellevue council members, attended the event.
- The Earthbound Club went on field trips to “Idea House,” Allied Waste, Alchemy Goods, a sustainable University of Washington event and to Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah.
For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Ted Cox, teacher
coxt@bsd405.org
Rina Fa’amoe, resource conservation manager for Bellevue Public Schools
faamoer@bsd405.org
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