Environmental impact reports are now available for February. As a result of recycling efforts last month, LPS saved:
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738 trees
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178,105 kWh of energy
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304,082 gallons of water
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143 cubic yard of local landfill space
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2,606 lbs of air pollution
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17,811 gallons of fuel
Cans4Books Recycling Drive in April
April is National School Library Month and it’s time for the 19th Annual Cans4Books! Raise money for your school library AND do something good for the planet by recycling your aluminum cans. Bring your cans to A Can Recycling from April 1st - April 30th and be sure to mention that you are donating to the LPS Cans4Books drive. Donations made for your school will be used to purchase books for your school library.
Schools with the top dollar earnings (per capita) will win Barnes & Nobles gift certificates for their library: 1st place—$75, 2nd place—$50, 3rd place—$25
Drop Off Location: A Can Recycling, 3255 S. 10th St.
Please share this information with the rest of your school AND with your school community!
‘Going Green’ at the Science Fair
We had a great time at the Zoetis-LPS-GSK Science Fair handing out our ‘Going Green’ ribbons! Students received these ribbons for choosing a project that focused on an environmental or sustainability related topic. Some of the projects that received green ribbons asked questions including: how wind energy works, how climate change affects aquatic life, and whether food waste is really garbage, or is it a resource.
With spring right around the corner it’s time to get outside and help renew our communities! Keep Lincoln Lancaster County Beautiful offers grants to community groups and individuals who conduct litter cleanups in public areas. Clean up litter near your school, your neighborhood, or anywhere in the community! Supplies for the clean up are available through the Keep Lincoln Lancaster County Beautiful Community Improvement Program. Go HERE to learn more about the program and apply!
Completing a Community Litter Clean Up is a great activity for any school group to do and can also earn your school 15 points towards the Green Schools Recognition Program!
Don’t forget, Earth Day is Monday, April 22nd and there are many opportunities to celebrate all month long! The Lincoln Earth Day Celebration will be held on Saturday, April 27th at Union Plaza from 10 am to 3 pm. The celebration includes pre-event bike ride or yoga session, a speaker series, musical performances with headliner Josh Hoyer, and dozens of booth exhibitors and vendors from the Lincoln community! Go to the Lincoln Earth Day website to find more information.
Our Scrap Metal Drive will be coming to a close soon, so remember to bring your scrap metal to Sadoff Iron and Metal Company or Alter Metal Recycling to have it recycled. All types of scrap metal will be accepted, including aluminum and tin cans, pots and pans, appliances, wiring, sinks, bathtubs and electric motors. When you arrive, tell them that you would like to donate all or part of the revenue from your metal to the LPS Recycling Program. Funds raised will help LPS replace worn out steel recycling containers. The old containers will be recycled as scrap metal and replaced with containers manufactured from recycled steel, closing the recycling loop.
Drop off locations:
Sadoff Iron and Metal Company, 4400 W Webster St., 402-470-2510
Alter Metal Recycling, 6100 N. 70th St., 402-476-3306
When: From America Recycles Day (Nov. 15, 2018) to Earth Day (April 22, 2019)
Lefler Middle School’s Garden has been focused on providing students with hands-on experiences in all aspects since its creation 3 years ago. With handmade raised beds, and a focus on teaching and showing students how a seed planted turns into food, Lefler hopes to nurture their garden and take that nurturing attitude into the environment of the whole building. Learn more about Lefler’s garden HERE.
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