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DTE Energy Foundation:

Thanks to a generous grant from DTE Energy Foundation, the Macomb County Green Schools Program continued to support schools and their efforts to promote energy efficiency, conserve resources and teach kids about environmental stewardship.  Visit the DTE Energy Foundation website to learn more.

 

Kids can visit the DTE Energy Kids Club website to learn about electricity and natural gas. The site features safety, the environment, smart energy use, new ways energy is used and more.

 

Ray Wiegand's Nursery Supports Macomb County Green Schools:

Ray Wiegand's Nursery offers educational discounts and support to Macomb County Green Schools.  Visit Wiegand's website or call Wendy Wiegand at 586.286-3655 for more information.

 

Arts & Scraps:

Arts 'n Scraps can send the Scrapmobile to your school for student programs, events and workshops. 

Kids can create projects using individual kits - 8 curriculum themes; have project tables at your school event with take-home items ... visit the Arts 'n Scraps website to learn more.

Arts 'n Scraps will accept the crayons you have collected through the Macomb County Green Schools Program.  Why recycle crayons?  More than 12 million crayons are made in the U.S. every day.  100 new Crayons equal approximately 1 pound - 12 million crayons equal 120,000 pounds - that means 60 tons of crayons are made every day with petroleum based material which eventually ends up in landfills.

Arts 'n Scraps takes unwanted, rejected, broken crayons to a better place, where they’ll be recycled into new projects.  

 

Educational Resources Available from Ecosize Me:

Ecosize Me school assemblies and presentations are designed to infuse environmental education into the minds of Michigan children.  The content of these presentations is designed to compliment any school or PTA cultural arts program. The classroom presentations enhance science curriculum by providing a hands-on approach to environment. In addition, material is designed to meet Michigan Department of Education Science Grade Level Content Expectations, Michigan Green School Program points, is relevant to Southeast Michigan and is appropriate for grades K-8 either in individual classrooms or as a group assembly.

For more information, email Tracy Purrenhage or visit:  http://www.ecosizeme.com/ecosize_me/assemblies-and-presentations.html

 

Learning Resources Available from Waste Management website:

Waste Management, a sponsor of Macomb County's Green Schools Program two years in a row, has educational material on their website for schools to utilize which stress the Five "Rs":  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Respect and Recover. 

For more information and a number of free, downloadable classroom resources, visit ThinkGreen.com.

 

Computer Recyclers of Michigan:

Computer Recyclers of Michigan partners with schools to help recycle e-waste that would otherwise be dumped into landfills. Turn an e-waste community drive into a fundraiser for your school.  Call 248.705.6174 or email Elaine at pam@crmgreen.com

For more information and a list of the items that Computer Recyclers of Michigan takes, click here.

 

Department of Natural Resources & Environment Educational Resources:

Whether you are a student, educator, homeowner or kid, you can learn something about Michigan's environment and the many ways that you can care for it. New resources are added to the site every day that promote environmental education. Click here to visit the website..

 

TerraCycle - Send in Trash for Cash Programs:

TerraCycle offers schools and non-profits the opportunity to collect trash and send it in for cash.  Items collected are not only kept out of landfills, but are repurposed and made into cool products which are available for sale.  Check it out at:  terracycle.net

New School Recycling Program :

This week, an average American school of 500 students used 2250 plastic beverage containers. Recycling 2250 plastic beverage containers saves enough energy to power a 23 watt light bulb for 18,097.8 hours - (2.07 years!).

The New School Recycling Program is in its second year serving Michigan schools with on-site recycling of plastic (#1 PET) bottles and aluminum drink containers. To date, hundreds of thousands of recyclable bottles and cans have been recovered with the program through participation in local school districts.

For more information, contact Roger Cargill at Schupan Recycling at 517-881-9152, via email or visit their website:  http://www.newschoolrecycling.com/pages_newsch/home_newschool.cfm#

Elmer's Glue Crew Recycling Program:

Save the bottles. Save the sticks. Save the planet. 

Nearly 1.2 Million students across all 50 states last year collected glue bottles and glue sticks to recycle through the Elmer's Glue Crew Recycling Program.  This school year, the program has set a collection goal of 2 million glue bottles and glue sticks.

Elmer's Glue Crew Recycling Program is a hands-on way to teach about recycling. Program participants have access to helpful recycling-related curriculum and fun projects to keep kids excited about recycling. To learn more about the program, including the opportunity to compete for a Grand Prize click here.

 

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