Fall 2009

School Recycling

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A Must Attend
Inside School Recycling Conference!
-2- The School Recycling CLUB is one session that was well re-
“Green” Theater excited to announce the first- ceived by a roomful of partici- The Details:
Production ever School Recycling Track pants. This year we’re taking
Recycled Gift Ideas at Northeast Re- it to new School Recycling
source Recovery heights to Conference
Association’s An- address more
-3-
Recycling Ramblings
nual Conference needs of 
on June 7th at the recycling in Monday, June 7th, 2010
Classroom Curriculum Radisson Hotel your school
New Members Manchester/ with speakers 
Center for New from around Radisson Hotel
-4- Hampshire. the US. Manchester/Center for NH
On the Road Again
This one-day event will be
jammed packed with need-
Plus, during the lunch break,
the CLUB will be handing out

$60/person includes
to-know tips and tricks to the school awards, including
breakfast and lunch
making recycling strong at School Recycler of the Year.
your school. There will be Make sure to save the date for
workshops for both beginners you don’t want to miss this!

www.school Check
and advanced school recycling
recycling.net programs, so nobody will be Check out www.schoolrecycling. www.schoolrecycling.net
left out. Last year, we offered net soon for more details. soon for more info

Congrats Plymouth Elementary School ~

School Recycler of the Year!
The CLUB and NRRA was cling program. In addition
Northeast Resource
pleased to recognize Plym- to the items they currently
Recovery Association
outh Elementary School for recycle, such as cardboard,
(800) 223-0150
www.nrra.net
their great enthusiasm and paper, plastics, cans, ink jet
hard work in continuing to cartridges and more, they
grow their school recycling started some new initia-
The School efforts. Plymouth Elemen- tives. They are presently
Recycling CLUB is a tary School’s theme last year “upcycling” Capri Sun juice
project of the Northeast
was “Go Green”. pouches that will be made
Resource Recovery Asso-
Grea
into “cool” bags, totes and t
Elem job Plym
ciation (NRRA), a proactive
non-profit cooperative
The Student Council, who pencil cases. The students entar
y Sch outh
working to make recycling
spearheads the recycling pro- at Plymouth Elementary Next
programs efficient and finan-
hand y e a r ool!!
gram, embraced this theme School show us how young
ing o we’ll be
cially successful.
www.nrra.net
and worked very hard to generations can make a big more u
improve their excellent recy- difference! awar t even
ds!
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 TIGER Educational Theatre Group Premieres
Production on Sustainability
Courtesy of Plymouth
State University
F ourth through six
graders at the Captain
Samuel Douglass Academy
in Brookline got a fun les-
son on sustainability when
Plymouth State University’s
educational theatre troupe,
TIGER productions, per-
formed at their school.
The troupe uses children’s
own words, achieved
through classroom writing
prompt exercises, to create
energetic, topical produc-
tions that help students
solve social problems.
The ensemble now has six
shows in its repertoire.
The newest show, Green
TIGERRRRR!, arose from
collaboration between the
troupe and the Captain
Samuel Douglass Acad-
emy in Brookline. The
anonymous writings of the
school’s students were used
to create a fast-paced musi-
cal theatre performance to
teach the children practical,
positive environmental ac-
tions they can take in their
home, school and commu-
nity.
TIGER is a collaboration
between the graduate
programs in integrated arts
and counselor education at
Plymouth State University.
It was designed to create a
forum in which different so-
cial issues can be explored.
A new topic is chosen every
two years.
Each concept is taught and
reinforced through lively
scenes, songs and dances
that resonate with the
young students and help
them understand and want
to act on these important
environmental issues. The
project is funded in part by
a grant to the academy from
A “Green”
Performance
is now
available to
schools in
the North-
east.
www.plymouth.edu/
graduate/tiger
Xilinx Corporation in San
Jose, Calif.
many social issues challeng-
In the tradition of Educa- ing students in our schools
tional Theatre Collabora- today.
tive, TIGER offers the very
best in theatre for young Information about book-
audiences. TIGER seeks to ing a TIGER show and/or
transform feelings, thoughts workshop is available from
and behavior to help both TIGER tour manager Pam
children and adults envi- Irish at (603) 535-2647 or by
sion and understand their e-mail to tiger-psu@plym-
own power in resolving the outh.edu.

U B’s “Recycled” Holiday Gift Making Guide

The CL
T he holiday season is a perfect time
to teach about reducing, reusing
and recycling. Try taking time out
from the usual schedule and planned
to reuse classroom items to make some
recycled holiday gifts.
Here are some ideas to get your cre-
ative juices flowing:
• Reuse juice pouches,
glossy magazine pages
and/or chip bags and
make them into coasters.
Rinse, dry and cut them
into 1-inch strips. Weave
them together to create
coasters. Create a backer
with cardboard from
cereal boxes.
• Try rolling newspaper
strips and creating a
number of useable items,
• Use magazine pages
as origami paper and
create folded items.
including hot pads,
bowls, etc. Use glue or Search the Internet for
tape to secure pieces more recycled gift ideas with full in-
together. structions. You can also use the items
you made as a fundraiser!
• Reuse tissue paper
or newspaper comics Good luck and happy “recycled”
to make a bouquet of crafting!
flowers.
Make sure to send us pictures
• Have teachers and of your fun gift ideas at
students bring in un- theclub@nrra.net.
wanted bead jewelry.
Disassemble and let Northeast Resource
students create new Recovery Association
jewelry. (800) 223-0150
www.nrra.net

2 Go to: www.schoolrecycling.net
 An Alternative to
Recycling Ramblings Plastic Silverware

Kudos! What would YOU T he Gilmanton School worked hard to

change from plastic to washable uten-
sils. The students held a silverware drive,
like to see in the

T hank you to all the New Hampshire
science teachers that joined us for our
school recycling workshop at the NHSTA
Fall conference. The workshop was a huge
success, and we’ve been working with
many teachers to help start and/or expand
recycling in their schools!
Thank you to NRRA Trustee Dee Trey-
big and Norm Staunton of Association
of VT Recyclers for donating their time
to spread the “green” word.
CLUB Newsletter? giving families a perfect outlet to donate
mismatched utensils. Not only did this save
the school money, but it saves the environ-
ment too. Once the silverware was put into
use, students monitored trash cans, to make
sure that it wasn’t being thrown away. This
is a win-win situation for the earth and the
school! Great job Gilmanton School stu-
dents! We hope more schools follow your
Send the CLUB great lead. RR
an email at
theclub@nrra.net
and let us know! Welcome New
CLUB Members

Paper Recycling Lessons

Total CLUB Members to Date - 283 Schools

10 new & renewing members...

A merican Forest and Paper Association and Scholas-

tics have teamed-up to create a dynamic education-
al program aligned with national standards in language
Andover Elementary School
arts, science, and math. The materials will help your Andover Middle School
students build core skills as well as teach them impor-
tant basics about paper recycling. This updated ver- Canaan Elementary School
sion includes lesson plans, a poster to display in your
classroom and links facts and videos. David R. Cawley Middle School
To download this curriculum, go to www.paperrecy- Francestown Elementary School
cles.org/school_recycling/index.html. RR
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School
Mason Elementary School
Peterborough Elementary School
Steel Recycling Curriculum New Searles School
The Summit School
T he Steel Recycling Institute has devel-
oped a full-circle educational program
that provides stimulating tools to teach
young people about sensible solid waste
management, the Steel Recycling Insti-
tute developed Steel Cycles, an educa-
tional program which spans grades pre-K Membership to the CLUB is FREE.
through 12. The Steel Cycles components
can be used independently or in conjunc- Join Today!
tion with other classroom material, and theclub@nrra.net
are available either free of charge or at a www.schoolrecycling.net
nominal price.

Check it out at www.recycle-steel.org/ Northeast Resource

education.html RR Recovery Association
(800) 223-0150
www.nrra.net

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On the Road Again!

T he School Recycling CLUB is a
project of the Northeast
Resource Recovery Association The School Recycling CLUB The School
(NRRA), a proactive non-profit has taken the show on the Recycling CLUB...
cooperative working to make road, traveling to schools to is a FREE school program,
recycling programs efficient and lend a hand in starting or designed to be a fun, in-
financially successful. expanding recycling programs. Usually visits novative way to give kids en-
couragement, direction, and
last between a half and hour and an hour. Each networking possibilities for
visit is customized to addresses specific prob- school recycling programs.
www.nrra.net lems or concerns of the school. Benefits to joining include:
• Hear the latest news
Northeast Resource Keep in mind that school visits are the perfect about school recycling.
opportunity to get your needs met. We can • Gain statewide recogni-
Recovery Association provide you with: tion for your school’s
(800) 223-0150 recycling efforts.
• Increase partnerships
www.nrra.net • Curriculum (based on your needs) between your community
• PETE’s Pack (middle/high school) and your school.
• Recycling Bins or ClearStreams • Receive technical assistance
(ordered and paid for) • Learn of FREE recycling
Your advertisement educational resources.
could be here. Call now to schedule your school visit. We are To Join...
currently booking visits in mid January. You • Have written permission
can reach Kelly at (603) 736-4401 (M/T/W am) from the principal;
or by email at theclub@nrra.net. We look for- • Currently be recycling,
ward to visiting with you. or agree to recycle at
Support The CLUB and least one type of item
advertise your business. Call Thank you to the schools that have already for one year!
THE CLUB at (603) 736-4401. • That’s it! You can be
taken advantage of this service! part of THE CLUB!