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Success Story: Carnation Elementary School
School District: Riverview
School Location: Carnation
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: November 2008
Level one of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in May 2009
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Carnation Elementary is recycling 47 percent of its solid waste.
- Recycling containers provided by the Green Schools Program were added to each classroom for paper, milk cartons, bottles and aluminum cans.
- School staff placed recycling stickers on all recycling containers. Provided by the Green Schools Program, the stickers list what can and can’t be recycled.
- Carnation’s third-grade Green Schools Team helped to eliminate unwanted newspaper subscriptions and mail, created paper reuse trays for each classroom, and educated their schoolmates about waste reduction and recycling.
- The team created a video that promoted recycling and waste reduction. The video was watched throughout the school.
- Students created and distributed colorful posters that included samples of recyclable materials.
- Students participated in recycling presentations around the community and partnered with local watershed organizations to promote conservation efforts within the Tolt River watershed.
For more information about this school’s participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Elizabeth Wing, teacher
wingel@riverview.wednet.edu
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