{"id":122,"date":"2023-11-03T22:31:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T22:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/?p=122"},"modified":"2023-11-06T18:45:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:45:23","slug":"november-updates-america-recycles-day-and-the-energy-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/2023\/11\/03\/november-updates-america-recycles-day-and-the-energy-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"November Updates – America Recycles Day and the Energy Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 15th is National recycling day and the Energy Challenge starts November 6- January 19th<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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America Recycles Day November 15th<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Get ready to put on your recycling superhero cape because November 15th isn’t just any day – it’s America Recycles Day! This nationwide celebration is all about showing some love to our planet by making recycling a part of our daily routine. From knowing what you’re throwing away to where it goes, ARD teaches us to be mindful of our consumption habits and how to recycle like a boss. Take the pledge to join the recycling revolution and make every day a recycling day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trex Recycling starts on November 15th<\/strong>. Sign up here<\/a> if you are interested in recyling plastic film. I have 5 scales to assist in weighing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recycling Signage.<\/strong> Drumroll, please, as we unveil the new recycling signs customized specially for schools. But don’t worry, you can still recycle your waste with the old ones. However, if you want the look, and I’ll happily print them from my budget! Many of you filled out the sustainability advisor needs form and I will start to work from there. If you are a dual immersion school, I would love to have the new ones printed. You can check them out here.<\/a> We added more items and clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KAHOOT – What can you recycle? <\/strong>If you want to teach your green teams or staff about what can and cannot be recycled, here is a KAHOOT that based on Metros Recycle or Not. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Can\u2019t You Recycle Plastic Cups Or To-Go Containers?<\/strong> Check out this PDF I’ve created <\/a>to enlighten our staff and students on how to recycle plastics in Deschutes County. It’s time to clear up any confusion and spread the word!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Energy Challenge 2023 – 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From November 6 – February 2, your school and green team can participate in the 23-24 recyling challenge. The prizes are 1st – $500, 2nd – $250, 3rd $100<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is more information <\/a>and the tasks are below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in participating, please email jackie.mueller@bend.k12.or.us <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the Intro to Energy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the Oregon Green School Energy Audit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November 15th is National recycling day and the Energy Challenge starts November 6- January 19th America Recycles Day November 15th Get ready to put on your recycling superhero cape because November 15th isn’t just any day – it’s America Recycles Continue reading November Updates – America Recycles Day and the Energy Challenge<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":727,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}