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Carpenter's CRV Beverage Container
Recycling Program
We invite you to be a part of our ongoing fundraising program
by bringing your CRV plastic and aluminum beverage containers
to campus for recycling.
Carpenter Ave PTA has partnered with the Los
Angeles Conservation Corps in an effort to
provide recycling bins for CRV beverage containers on
campus. All you have to do is save your plastic and
aluminum containers and bring them to school - daily, weekly
or whatever works for you! We have collections bins
on campus located near the lunch table (a large green bin)
and along the Laurel Canyon side by the exit gate (separate
blue bins).
Please encourage your child to participate in our CRV
Beverage Container Recycling Program by creating a place to
store your beverage containers (for example a brown bag in
the kitchen...) and bringing them to school every week. They
can drop them right into the bin before they head off to
class. It's a great way to start the conversation about recycling and
our environment and our school directly benefits by receiving
money for every container. Parents can also help by bringing
beverage containers from work or your gym.
Remember: SAVE your beverage
containers and raise money for our school!
Reminder: this recycling program is for CRV beverage
containers only!
NO EMPTY FOOD CONTAINER OR OTHER CONTAINERS- please recycle
those items in home recycling bins.
CRV is paid on the following types of beverages:
Carbonated and noncarbonated water
Carbonated and noncarbonated soft drinks and sport drinks
Coffee and tea drinks
Beer and other malt beverages
Chocolate milk or other flavored milks
Wine
CRV is not paid on the following:
White Milk
Medical food
Infant formula
Distilled spirits
100% fruit juice in containers 46 oz. or more
Products not in liquid or "ready to drink" form
Products not intended for human consumption
Containers not made
of aluminum, glass, metal, or plastic
Cell Phone Recycling
Carpenter Ave PTA has partnered with Phoneraiser
to recycle old cell phones. Please help out by bringing your old cell
phones to the drop box located in the Parent Resource Room (behind the
auditorium). It's good for our school (we raise money for our school
from the old phones) and it's good for the environment: "Improper
disposal of cell phones is a serious threat to our environment. Every
cell phone contains no less that 8 hazardous materials including
Arsenic, Antimony, Beryllium, Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Nickel and Zinc.
Disposing of these phones in a landfill allows these substances to
leach into groundwater and soil. Burning them in an incinerator
releases chemicals associated with reproductive complications, cancers,
and developmental problems especially in children. In 2006 alone, more
than 130 million cell phones will be discarded. One cell phone can
pollute up to 132,000 liters of water."
Ink Cartridge Recycling
You can bring your old ink cartridges to the drop off area outside the
media lab in the primary building.
Reusable Grocery/Tote Bags
Let's stop using plastic and paper bags and start using reusable bags!
Now you can purchase your very own Carpenter Avenue Canvas tote bag -
look for them at the Spirit Wear table at various events throughout the
year (Back To School Night, Open House...).
Useful links:
Too Toxic to Trash - Learn where to dispose of hazardous household
trash.
County
of Los Angeles HHW/E-WASTE Collection Program
Is It Recyclable? (In the Unincorporated Areas of the County of Los
Angeles)
Click
here for a list of items
Moving?
Rentagreenbox.com
California Department of Conservation - Start a recycling program
at work:
Bottlesandcans.com
Questions?
Beverage Container Recycling Email
Arianne
Cell Phone Recycling Email
Arianne
Tote Bags Email
Debra
