Student-led community action plan created & presented during an Ambassador Leadership Summit in 2018 at Yale University.

1. ReCare
We Care. We Share. We Dare.

3. ● America consumes about 38 trillion water bottles every
year, enough to circle the Earth 190 times.
● Each year, less than 10% of the plastic used is
recycled.
● 33 million tons of plastic goes to waste.
● $75 billion each year is spent globally on plastic
production; recycling would save money and prevent
unnecessary wastes.

4. Recycling Laws in the U.S.
-Everyone has a different system.
-The U.S. recycling rate is 34%
-11 states offer 5-10¢ refunds for recycled bottles.
-7 states have mandatory recycling laws.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_deposit_legislation_in_the_United_States

5. Negative Effects of Plastic On Environments
● When plastic is not recycled, it piles up in
landfills, taking from 50 to 1,000 years to
decompose.
● This non-recycled plastic blows off landfills,
ending up in oceans, and harming marine life.
● 100 million tons of plastic debris pollutes
marine habitats and suffocates sea animals.
● Most plastic contains bisphenol A (BPA), a
carcinogen (cancer causing material), which
leeches off the plastic and into the oceans.
● These chemicals contaminate the groundwater
reservoirs, polluting the drinking water and
poisoning both humans and animals.
https://adolescentactivist.com/2016/06/ditch-the-plastic-bottle-here-is-why/
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6. We care about our environment.
We share our knowledge and programs
with the community.
We dare you to get involved with our
program.

7. Our main goal at ReCare is the care for the world to make it a more clean and
healthier environment for everything living on it.
- We care to recycle and use the profits to give back to those in need.
- The donations will be used in each individual community.
- The recyclable materials in the U.S. waste stream would produce up to 7
billion dollars if recycled.
- If we increase the emphasis on recycling, we can create up to 1.5 million jobs
by 2030.

8. An International Perspective

11. Action Plan
Our plan is to provide communities, especially schools, with proper access to
recycling bins and programs that will help. We can then take the profits from this
to put into other organizations that we support. We can also provide communities
with the tools to encourage recycling with volunteering, community activities, and
fundraisers. These activities can include school competitions and jewelry made
from different recyclable materials.

12. What is ReCare?
Nonprofit organization in schools and around communities
All volunteers
Helps out in more than just one way
Cleaning the environment and giving back to the community at the same time
Recycling refundable items (cans, bottles) generates money
That money is then donated to a charity in that community

13. “To inspire and educate people to take action everyday to improve and
beautify their community.”
Formed in 1953 by National Advisory Council.
Develops public-private-civic partnerships for financial support, sponsorships,
employee engagement, and all kinds of contributions.

14. A Three Step Process
Keeping America Beautiful is trying to spread the love of the environment by using
a 3 step factor.
Convenience: Making information about the environment convenient and creating
programs to assist in these problems easy and accessible, so others will not
hesitate to join in.
Communication: This plays a huge role; as a team, everyone has the same goal.
By talking and having strong communication, then it will be easier to accomplish
our goal.
Cause: Recycling is an issue everywhere. By taking action and inspiring others,
we can create a clean and healthy environment one step at a time.

15. Why this non profit organization?
Keeping America Beautiful envisions a country in which
every community is a clean, green, and beautiful place to
live. They believe this starts with people taking individual
responsibility and collective action. We believe in these
values as well. Along with that they are the nation's largest
community improvement program, which we can benefit
from by networking within and learning from their vast array
of programs.

16. Keep America Beautiful’s Current Partners

18. Sources
https://www.kab.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO_Dc6LMOJ0
http://www.recycleacrossamerica.org/recycling-facts
https://www.epa.gov/recycle/recycling-basics
https://plasticsrecycling.org/state-recycling/mandatory-plastic-recycling-legislation
https://conserveturtles.org/information-sea-turtles-threats-sea-turtles/
https://news.un.org/en/story/2014/06/471492-plastic-waste-causes-13-billion-annual-damage-marine-ecosystems-says-un-agency
Advisor: Mr. Ray
Creators: Annie, Jenn, Megan, Isaiah, Em, Chrystal, Mary, Joe, Alex,
Larry, Gregory, and Mikayla

19. Questions?
ReCare