A brief overview of the process the Mitchell School followed to begin a more green approach in our school and cafeteria.

1. Horace Mitchell Primary
School
Green Team
Our Green Team’s Recycling
Program

2. How we went GREEN!
Created Team –and solicited interest from all students in grade
three via oral/written/visual presentation
• Katie Peternell supported team with me – This was my goal with
KSC!
• Heard student presentations –Shhhhhh -EVERYONE was actually
selected!

3. • Developed process for paper collection –
white/mixed bottles and cans…
• Green team Members prepared as a team a
presentation for each classroom.
• Team members from each classroom are
responsible for collection of recyclables.
BENEFIT – lessens custodial workload
• Visited Dondero school to observe their
recycling program in Cafeteria.
• Cafeteria now recycles just about
everything – milk cartons (Process for
draining cartons), plastics 1-7 (NOT
Styrofoam containers), & compost
• Compost important to be as free as
possible from contaminants/ in return we
get finished compost for our gardens

4. Single Stream Recycling

5. Draining & Recycling Milk
Cartons

6. Single Stream Recycling

7. Recycle (Single Stream)

8. Compost This!

9. Compost….

10. This gets a little sloppy!

11. Trash….Very Little!

13. What Next?
• Convince Food Service to use real
silverware or recyclable
silverware and to use recyclable
containers - NO STYROFOAM
• Develop student capacity to run
and monitor program