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CEDAR! Go Green!♥
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The Greens
Hello. Welcome to We are a group of cedarians from Secondary 2I. Our aim is to to make recycling a part of the holistic education and lifestyle of cedarians so that they can contribute wholeheartedly to recycling. This is by: Eunice Yee (5) Valerie Oh (21) Laura Tan (28) Ynez Tan (29) chattertrees
Good to know, Harmless to go 1. GO GREEN!! 2. Importance of recycling 3. Do your part thepast Credits Layout: miko Image: tree |
Cedar Green Plan 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011 @ 11:47 AM Cedar Green Plan 2011 This year, 2M and 2A will be in charge of the Cedar Green Plan. In school, you can check out the IdeaPaint wall on the second floor - a few 2M students have doodled and written facts about recycling. Green Reps, please take note that the recycling bins have been shifted to the space outside the Theatrette. Remember to get a recycling box for recycling paper and plastic bottles! - 2M Green Rep Bye For Now ~
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 6:52 PM    RECYCLE - REDUCE - REUSE Here is a list of practical things you can do around your home to recycle effectively: 
 Some other things to consider to help reduce your impact on the environment.
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Cedar Green Plan
Friday, April 23, 2010 @ 6:27 AM Bye For Now ~
Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ 7:48 PM  click HERE for the rubrics of the cleanliness of the classroomclick HERE for the timetable for T2 Wk 1-6 click HERE for the timetable for T2 Wk 7-10 Bye For Now ~
Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 10:26 PM Aluminum Paper Bye For Now ~
@ 10:02 PM Why Recycle - Five short Good Reasons Recycling conserves our valuable natural resources. Recycling saves energy. Recycling saves clean air and clean water. Recycling saves landfill space. Recycling can save money and create jobs.
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@ 9:40 PM The Recycling Process Recycling is the process of collecting certain materials that would otherwise be considered waste — like old metal, paper, wood, or plastic for example — and turning them into new “recycled” products. The first step required for recycling is collecting recyclable materials from communities. Today many major cities and larger communities offer a curbside pick up service for recyclable materials. Families who recycle items such as paper, bottles and cans, place the items in recycling collection bins. These bins usually have the recycling symbol on them. This is one of the most important steps for recycling because if people do not separate their recyclable materials from their trash then the materials will not be recycled. Instead they will be sent to the landfill with other trash. Apart from the items you may recycle at home, many other things such as old tires, computers, mattresses, cars and more are recycled for parts and materials. The second step involves processing the recyclable materials. This includes sorting the materials into groups, cleaning them and getting them ready to be sold to manufacturers who will turn the materials into new products. Manufacturing is the third step in the recycling process. Today many products are made out of either total or partial post consumer (recycled) materials. Many items you may see every day are made from recycled materials. Newspapers, paper towels, office paper, plastic bottles and aluminum cans are not only made of recycled materials, but they can also be recycled again. The last step, but certainly not the least, involves the purchasing of recycled products. When consumers purchase products that have been made with post consumer material the recycling process has been completed and can then be repeated. If you have the choice to purchase a product made from recycled materials, instead of one that was not, what do you think you should do? It takes education and awareness to remember to recycle and purchase recycled products. The best way to avoid wasting valuable resources is to reduce consumption in the first place. For items that are used and can’t be re-used, recycling offers many benefits. Recycling helps reduce the amount of trash that is disposed of in landfills. Recycling, rather than throwing things away, is also better for the environment. Currently it is believed that the amount of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere is causing global warming which can have devastating long term effects. Recycling is one of many ways that people can cut down the amount of carbon dioxide that is released into our atmosphere. Purchasing recycled paper is also better for the environment because it takes less energy to produce recycled paper and saves some trees along the way. One of the best things you can do is learn more about recycling, and especially to spread the word and encourage others to recycle as much as possible. Does your family recycle? It is never to late to start conserving our precious resources. Bye For Now ~
@ 9:24 PM  Recycling Glass Recycling Metals Recycling Paper Recycling Plastic Come back again! for more fun facts! ♥ Bye For Now ~
@ 9:06 PM What are the benefits of recycling? We cannot sustain our consumerist lifestyle without getting inundated by garbage and exhausting the earth’s resources. The products that we use are wrapped in several layers of packaging material that are perfectly recyclable – plastic, aluminum, paper, tin, wood, etc. Solid waste disposal experts engage in an uphill struggle to contain this virtual avalanche of garbage we produce everyday. It is apparent that digging a hole, a landfill, is clearly not the answer. Sooner or later, the waste becomes uncontainable and will spill into our farming areas, forests, and water sources. Here are 7 good reasons why we should recycle: 1. Financial Income – There is money in recycling. In the level of the individual, one of the benefits of recycling is financial income. There are a lot of things lying around the house that we no longer want or need that might just end up in a dumpsite somewhere, that we can recycle and earn money from. Cell phones, PDAs, ink cartridges, etc. Here at PaceButler, for instance, a phone sent in for recycling could net the owner as much as $50. There is also the financial benefit for the communities who recycle in that there will be reduced costs of waste disposal or recycling. You think recycling is expensive? Consider these recycling facts: aluminum cans are the most valuable item in your bin. Aluminum can recycling helps fund the entire curbside collection. It’s the only packaging material that more than covers the cost of collection and reprocessing for itself. 2. Recycling helps conserve limited resources – Throwing away a single aluminum can, versus recycling it, is like pouring out six ounces of gasoline. Last year, Americans recycled enough aluminum cans to conserve the energy equivalent of more than15 million barrels of oil. Here are some compelling recycling facts from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: By recycling over 1 million tons of steel in 2004, Pennsylvanians saved 1.3 million tons of iron ore, 718,000 tons of coal, and 62,000 tons of limestone. Through recycling newsprint, office paper and mixed paper, we saved nearly over 8.2 million trees. 3. Recycling is energy efficient – On a larger scale, recycling could translate into huge reductions in our energy costs. Consider these facts: It costs more energy to manufacture a brand new aluminum can than it does to recycle 20 aluminum cans. 20 cans can be made from recycled material using the same energy it takes to make one new can. 4) Recycling builds community – In almost all communities in the country today, there is a growing concern for recycling and the environment. People are working together in recycling programs, lobbies, and free recycle organizations to help promote recycling. We will be featuring these groups in our upcoming posts and link with the various networks to help you locate the nearest recycling center or free recycle group nearest your location. 5) Recycling creates jobs – Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates one job; landfilling 10,000 tons of waste creates six jobs; recycling 10,000 tons of waste creates 36 jobs. 6) Recycling builds a strong economy – Done on a nationwide scale, like what we’re doing here in the US, recycling has a huge impact in our economy in terms of jobs, energy cost reduction, resources conservation. Lately, as the price of oil hits close to $120 a barrel, people have become more aware of the huge impact of recycling, particularly in reducing plastic waste material coming from the bottled water and beverage industry. We will be discussing this in detail in our future posts. 7) Recycling is Earth-friendly – No matter how safe and efficient our landfills are being billed to be, the possibility of dangerous chemicals coming from the solid waste deposited in these landfills, contaminating underground water supply is always present. Combustion or incineration of our solid waste is effective and energy-generating, but we pay the price in increased air pollution. On the other hand, recycling just 35 percent of our trash reduces toxic emissions equivalent to taking 36 million cars off the road. In 2006, according to the EPA, the national recycling rate of 32.5 percent (82 million tons recycled) “prevented the release of approximately 49.7 million metric tons of carbon into the air–roughly the amount emitted annually by 39 million cars, or 1,300 trillion BTUs, saving energy equivalent to 10 billion gallons of gasoline.” What is recycling? Recycling for each of us is a matter of choice. Remember the recycling model reduce, reuse, recycle? America today has one of the highest rates of recycling anywhere in the world. And yet if we consider the amount of trash that ends up in our dumpsites, I’m amazed at this vastly untapped opportunity for us – there is still so much amount of good that we can do. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that we can recycle as much as 85% of our total waste if more and more people become aware of the benefits of recycling and take action.
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Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:00 PM   WEEKLY FUN FACTS IS HERE!
Remember, recycling may be easy, yet it makes a huge impact on the environment. So do your part to contributing to the path of going green. Bye For Now ~
@ 8:48 PM How the Glass is Recycled 9as shown in the video)? 1. Once glass is collected and taken to be reprocessed, it is: Crushed and contaminants removed (mechanised colour sorting is usually undertaken at this stage if required) Mixed with the raw materials to colour and/or enhance properties as necessary Melted in a furnace Moulded or blown into new bottles or jars Bye For Now ~
How are Aluminium Cans Recycled?
@ 8:36 PM How are the cans recycled (in the video)? 1. Aluminium cans are:
2. Steel cans are:
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RECYCLING TIPS!
@ 6:37 PM  1. Recycling at your doorsteps: Nine out of ten of us have kerbside collection schemes, so if you don't already have a recycling box or bag provided by your local council, it's worth you calling them up and checking that you haven't been missed out! 2. Find out what you can recycle: Different councils collect different materials although most collect cans, glass and paper. Now that you know what items you can recycle, find a handy place to store them. Make sure you encourage everyone in your house to think whether items can be reused or recycled before they're thrown away. 4. Check the date and put out your recyclings Find out from your council what day your recycling will be collected. In some areas recyling is collected every week and in others it's collected fortnightly. TIP: Mark out the date on the calender or request a recycling calender from your council. Bye For Now ~
Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:04 PM Plastic There are over 50 different groups of plastics that are produced, and all are recyclable. Yet Americans only recycle 5% of all plastic products in the entire world. The best way to recycle plastics is to sort them by their number code. Click HERE to learn more about Plastic Recycling. Metal Every day Americans use 100 million steel cans and 200 million aluminum cans, but not even half of them are recycled. Recycling metal can create new parts for cars and buildings, as well as containers for food. Click HERE to learn more about Metal Recycling. Paper Paper is the number one solid waste product in the U.S., and it takes 40% less energy to make paper from recycled paper than from fresh wood. Recycled paper also uses fewer chemicals, bleaches and dyes. Click HERE to learn more about Paper Recycling. Computers Every year 3.2 million tons of electronic waste, mostly from computers, is dumped into U.S. landfills every year. Many computer parts can be reused or recycled into new parts or scrap metal. Click HERE to learn more about Computer Recycling. Tires Americans discard about 290 million automobile tires every year, and many are being dumped into overcrowded landfills or on the side of the ride. Recycled tires can be used as fuel, for commercial flooring and for roads. Click HERE to learn more about Computer Recycling. 
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@ 1:41 PM What are the benefits of recycling? Recycling benefits everyone and everything. Here are a few reasons why: *Conserves natural resources such as wood, water and minerals *Saves energy because less energy is used to manufacture brand new products *Produces less greenhouse gases because industries burn fewer fossil fuel *Recycling programs cost less than waste disposal programs *You can receive money for turning in certain recyclable products *Recycling centers create 4 jobs for every 1 job in the waste disposal industry *Recycling programs keep 70 tons of waste from being deposited into landfills every year *Prevents the destruction of natural habitats *Decreases soil erosion associated with mining and logging How can you get involved in recycling? You can be part of the recycling initiative by either recycling products on your own or by joining a recycling program. You can see a complete list of U.S. recycling programs by checking out the Environmental Protection Agency website. 
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