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Success Story: Odle Middle School
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Odle Middle School
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The Odle Middle School team proudly holds up its banner. |
School District: Bellevue
School Location: Bellevue
Began participating in the Green Schools Program: September 2008
Level one of the Green Schools Program: Achieved in June 2009
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Odle Middle School’s Robotics Team weighed, evaluated and assessed the school’s garbage in the fall of 2008. The team then created a plan for how to reduce waste and increase recycling.
- The school increased its recycling rate from 50 percent to 58 percent, a 17 percent increase. The size of classroom garbage cans was reduced, and the school eliminated unnecessary garbage cans throughout the school, including the lunchroom.
- Recycling pick-ups were increased from once per week to twice per week and the outdoor garbage container size was reduced.
- The school piloted lunchtime food scrap recycling for the Bellevue School District.
- Science teachers taught a lesson on the history behind composting and what can and cannot be composted.
- At least one recycling bin was placed next to each garbage can throughout the school campus, including outdoors.
- Education and outreach included the following:
- Morning announcements about waste reduction, recycling and composting.
- Information about conservation practices, including recycling, in the online PTSA newsletters.
- Large posters were created and distributed to show what can and cannot be recycled and composted.
- A representative from the City of Bellevue, which partnered with the Green Schools Program to assist Bellevue schools with recycling, educated students about recycling during lunchtime.
For more information about the school’s conservation achievements and participation in the Green Schools Program, contact:
Alexa Alman, principal
almanac@bsd405.org
Rina Fa’amoe, resource conservation manager for Bellevue Public Schools
faamoer@bsd405.org
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