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ALBANY, N.Y. (February 12, 2009) --
Since the beginning of last
school year, Albany School of Humanities (ASH) has been hard at
work recycling waste paper.
On every other Thursday, Erica Tzelepis' third-grade
students circulate throughout the school and pick up boxes of waste
paper from classrooms, offices and copy rooms. The students put the
paper into bins, which are picked up by T.A. Predel & Co., Inc., a
recycling company based in Schenectady.
Since the beginning of this school year, the ASH
community has recycled 2,380 pounds of paper. This translates into some
surprising numbers:
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They have saved about 20 trees since September
Third-graders Keinyla Griffin and
Isabella Perez
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They have saved over 5,000 kilowatt-hours of
electricity cooperate to dump a load of waste paper
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They have saved over 8,000 gallons of water
into a recycling bin at ASH. On this particular day
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They have saved nearly 600 gallons of fuel oil
over 650 pounds of waste was collected.
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They have prevented about 70 cubic feet of waste from
entering local landfills.
The City
School District of Albany serves approximately 8,400 students in 18
elementary, middle and high schools. In addition to neighborhood
schools, the district includes several magnet schools and programs, as
well as other innovative academic opportunities for students. The
district is more than halfway through its comprehensive facilities
project to newly build and/or renovate nearly all of its elementary and
middle schools. The ultimate goal of the facilities project is to
provide schools with the resources necessary to help students succeed in
the 21st century.
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