Reducing Waste at CPS

Thank you for all you do to reduce waste and help your students to separate their recycling and food waste!

Please contact Meryl Brott from Cambridge Dept. of Public Works for a presentation, questions, recycling bin, etc. 
 

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Documents

• We Recycle at School - Recycling Guidelines


• Our Lunchroom Set Up & Tips:
  CSUS
  DVUS
  Haggerty
  King Open
  MLK/PAUS
  Tobin
  All Other Elementary & Upper Schools


• The Sorting Game


• Review & Quiz
  CSUS
  DVUS | Video
  Haggerty
  King Open
  MLK/PAUS
  Tobin Montessori
  All Other Elementary & Upper Schools
   

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Signs/Posters

• Waste Stations
  Tobin/DVUS
  Spanish
  MLK (Chinese)
  CRLS
  All Other Elementary & Upper Schools
   

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Videos

• Watch How Your Recycling Gets Sorted
   

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Worksheets

• Get Rid of It Right in the Lunchroom: Fill-in-the-Blank
  MLK/PAUS/KingOpen/CSUS
  All Other Schools (Elementary & Upper)


• Get Rid of It Right in the Lunchroom: Match the Item with the Container
  MLK/PAUS
  CSUS
  All Other Schools


• Get Rid of it Right: Recycling Quiz
  All Schools
   

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The Green Team
Sign your class up for The Green Team! The Green Team is an interactive educational program that empowers students and teachers to help the environment through waste reduction, recycling, composting, energy conservation, and pollution prevention. Participating classes receive certificates of recognition and are eligible to win awards.