Recycling Program

Miller Middle School has a school wide recycling program. The school recycles paper, corrugated cardboard, aluminum and tin cans, computer ink jet and laser cartridges, household batteries, and plastic bottles. Individual classrooms are responsible for their classroom recycling. Each classroom has small blue recycling bins or boxes for recycling paper. The hallways of each grade and the teacher’s workroom have large recycling bins for paper. Miller’s commons area has large recycling bins for paper, tin/aluminum cans, and #1/#2 plastic bottles. There is a dumpster behind the school for corrugated cardboard. Ink jet/laser cartridges are collected in the office and in Mr. Webster’s classroom (room 136).

Why Should We Recycle?

The Facts:

The United States spends over 20 billion dollars on refuse disposal every year.

The United States produces more that 150 million tons of refuse a year.

The United States produces 70% of the world’s garbage, while comprising only 5% of the world’s population.

Half of the refuse in our country is some kind of paper.

Recycling paper means that more than 200 million trees a year can be used for something else, such as houses, baseball bats, and homes for woodpeckers.

Small changes in our daily routine will save a forest.

Tips for Recycling Mixed Papers

Things that can be recycled in paper recycle bin

White and pastel copy and printing paper – White and pastel legal pad paper – Loose leaf paper – Letterhead – FAX paper – Note paper – sticky notes – White or light colored envelopes (with or without windows) – Light colored folders – Computer printouts – Accounting ledgers – Check stock – Adding machine tapes – Direct (junk mail), open and sorted – Magazines and Catalogs – Greeting cards – Pamphlets – Advertisements – Booklets – Newspaper – School papers – Carbonless paper (NCR) – Index cards – Register receipts – Paperback books (covers removed) - White paper sacks – stamps – staples in the paper.

Things that CAN NOT be recycled in paper recycle bin

Dark or fluorescent colors – Carbon paper – Heat sensitive FAX paper – Paper clips – TYVEK (Fed Ex type) envelopes – Dark colored envelopes – Kraft (golden brown colored) envelopes – Hanging file folders – Metal fasteners on folders – Promotional items such as credit cards, litter bags, compact disks, stickers, etc. – Telephone books – Chipboard – Brown bags – Blueprints – Label sheets – Gift wrap – Photos – Gum and candy wrappers – Hardback books – Tissues – Paper towels – Paper cups – Spiral binders – Plastic sheets – Rubber bands.