Here are a few ways you can help the planet this school year...Remember, every litter bit helps!
- Take your lunch in a reusable lunch box, or cloth bag instead of paper bags..
- Recycle any packaging in your lunch box.
- Pack a cloth napkin instead of paper one. You can reuse it! Just count all your school days...that's how many paper napkins you saved.
- Cover your books in recycled paper bags or wrap... decorate them yourself, they could look fun and you might start a trend!
- Use up last years school supplies before you buy new ones.
- Use the reverse side of scrap paper for your first drafts of writing, art and math projects.
- Keep a "craft box" of discards you think might be handy for class projects during the year...mark it "my craft box" so noone will mistake it for trash! Keep things like empty yogurt containers, elastics, string etc...that might interesting and useful for your art.
- Take the bus or Car pool with friends...have your mom's take turns...It's fun to go to school in groups and you save lots of gas!.
- Ask your teacher to put up Planetpals recycle kits posters to remind everyone at school about recycling.
- Click here for more recycle ideas for everyday
See our #backtoschool board on Pinterest for more back to school ideas!
