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School
Recycling

The CCCSWA electronically publishes "The
Four R's" newsletter for teachers and school
officials containing helpful information pertaining
specifically to waste prevention, recycling, reusing and
composting in schools. Click on the
issue date below to view.
Archives
June 2008 - Articles include: 2007-08 Wastebusters
Winners, Extraordinary School Programs, End of the Year
Reminder and more!
Fall 2007 -
Articles include: From the Executive Director's Desk,
Schools Continue the Wastebusters habit, Art of Recycling,
Paper Redux, Teacher Feature, Laptop Lunches and more!
Summer 2007 - Articles include: From
the Executive Director's Desk, EarthTeam Showcases the Four
Rs, Aspiring Artists Lend Their Talent to Recycling & Waste
Reduction Cause, Set a Trashy Date and much more!
Spring 2007 -
This
issue of the Four R's newsletter features the new "Recycling
Principals" column, an article about the paper-busting
efforts of two Moraga schools, information about battery
recycling, some examples of recycling projects at two
schools in Moraga and Walnut Creek, and much more!
Fall 2006 -
Articles include: From the Executive Director's Desk, It
Really Adds Up!, New & Improved Wastebusters forms,
Recycling Factoids and Tips, pictures, web links, and much
more!
Spring 2006 -
Articles include: From the
Executive Director's Desk, Wastebusters Keeps on Rolling,
Compost in the Classroom, Put School Supplies in Their
Place, "Teacher Feature" featuring Lisa Muniz from
Walnut Creek Intermediate School, Recycling Factoids and
Tips, pictures, web links and much more!
Winter 2006 -
Articles include: From the Executive Director's Desk;
Bagasse: A Sweet Alternative to Styrofoam Lunch Trays; Think
Before You Throw; Recycling Takes Center Stage; "Teacher
Feature" featuring Walnut Heights Elementary School's Linda
Ghysels; Recycling Factoids and Tips, pictures, web links
and much more!
Fall 2005
- Articles include: From the Executive
Director's Desk; Wastebusters Update; School Recycling
Assistance; Recycling Tips; Start the School Year Right; Go
Green Initiative Gets Going, Recycling Resources; EarthTeam
Videos Now Available; Teacher Feature; Junkology Returns for
Encore Presentations; Why Reinvent the Wheel and Recycling
Factoids.
Spring 2005 - Articles include: From the Executive
Director's Desk; Custodians Receive Wastebusters
Recognition; Wastebusters Update; It's Really Piling Up!;
It's All Fun & Games; Trash Tells a Tale; Local Students
Broadcast Recycling Message; Go Green Initiative; "Teacher Feature" on
Foothill Middle School's Jeff Parrish; and Recycling Factoids
and Tips, pictures,
and web links.
Winter 2005 - Articles include: From the Executive
Director's Desk; Wastebusters and EarthTeam's Earth Day
Video; A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place; "Teacher Feature" on
Joaquin Moraga Intermediates' Jerry Gruen; Reusable Trays
Mean Less Trash; Junkology; Just Do It! and Nike Grind
Athletic Surfaces; and Recycling Factoids
and Tips, pictures,
and web links.
October
2004 - Articles include: From the Executive
Director's Desk; Wastebusters Begins its Third Year; Start
the School Year Right; "Teacher Feature" on Buena
Vista Elementary's Deborah Walker; School Recycling
Promotion Goes Multi-Media - Lights, Camera, Recycle!; and Recycling Factoids
and Tips, pictures,
and web links.
June
2004 - Articles include: From the Executive
Director's Desk; 2003/04
Report Card; Keep Year-End School Clutter Out of the
Landfill; Joaquin Moraga's Reuse Ethic Helps Others;
"Teacher Feature" on Green Valley Elementary's John Lukas;
Planning Ahead for Fall; and Recycling Factoids, pictures,
classroom recycling guidelines and web links.
February 2004
- Articles include: From the Executive Director's Desk; It
Pays to Recycle!; Schools Bust Waste & Earn $2,000 Cash
Award; Lunchtime Lessons; "Teacher Feature" on Lafayette
Elementary's Jonathan Winter; and Recycling Factoids,
pictures and tips.
September 2003
- Articles include: From the Executive Director's Desk; Make
Recycling Your New (School) Year's Resolution; Does Your
School Have What it Takes to be a Wastebuster?; Inspiration
& Hard Work Earn Donald Rheem Elementary First Wastebuster
Title; Music, Dancing & Juggling Teach Students the "Four
R's"; Composting in the Classroom Helps Schools Stretch
Their Resources; and Recycling Factoids and tips.
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