Composting

Trash Disposal at TEMS[[image:trash.jpg width="169" height="125"]]
In our school, we have two dumpster that picks up our waste. One dumpster picks up our garbage and the other dumpster picks up our card board. A private hauler picks up our trash, and we pay $582.00 monthly and about $6,000.00 yearly. After our waste is taken away by our private hauler, it ends up in the Wallingford Landfill; and we contribute aproixemently 150lbs of waste per month.

Recycling at TEMS
At TEMS, we //do// have a recycling program, and there //is// a need for it. We have 2 dumpsters that collect the recycling. Papers, plastic, glass, electronics, and Capri-Sun containers are recycled at TEMS. The student body, teachers, and custodial staff participates in the recycling program. The recycling bins are located in the classrooms, cafeteria, office, and the Copy rooms. A municipality, "Tony's Trucking", picks up our recycling and brings them to a center. TEMS does not recieve any income from the recyclables. what happens to recyclable after they leave the center is that the recyclables are sent to canada and the far east to make new newsprint and gray card boared. some corrugated caredboared is to factories in the U.S and Mexico and are made into brown paper, grocery bags, and new card boared. The students, Teachers, and Custodients recycle in our school thats most of the people in our TEMS building.
 * [[image:Recycling_Bin.JPG width="477" height="301" link="@http://www.manta.com/c/mmbp8p5/brothers-carting-llc"]] || **======**​ These are the recycling bins for TEMS**======** ||

Composting
Unfourtunatly, there is NOT a promgram at TEMS that involves composting. Fortunatly, there IS a need for one, though! Composting is where you take biodegratable materials that are carbon rich, such as apple cores, orange peels, coffee grounds, dead leaves, grass clippings, ect.