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Great Things are Happening!
September 6, 2007
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Read about the exciting recycling news that is going on across the country in this issue of the GGI newsletter. Let us know about the recycling efforts at your school so we can showcase them in upcoming newsletters. And remember that the Earth Summit is coming up on November 2-3, 2007. There are only 350 spaces and they are going fast. See Quick Links to register and book your room.

cartridge world people
While operating a business that refills and remanufactures printer cartridges, Cartridge World also collects empty cartridges to support its business and the environment. A great example of how collecting empty cartridges can benefit schools financially is in Boise, Idaho. Three years ago owners of Cartridge World in Boise, Idaho were focused on raising environmental awareness and creating some phenomenal green consciousness by implementing recycle programs within the Boise school district.

Donating up to three dollars per cartridge, new store owners Bryan and Sarah Warnock have set up recycle bins at all the schools and involved the staff and parents. Reminder letters and flyers are given to parents and school staff to collect cartridges from their place of business, church and other organizations willing to support their children's local school. All local businesses that Cartridge World Boise works with are also encouraged to donate cartridges; that in turn will benefit the school of their choice.
New Orleans girls recycling
As New Orleans residents, businesses and schools continue to rebuild their community, the Bay Area- based Go Green Initiative has come to the aid of the Isidore Newman School, an independent school in the heart of the flood-ravaged uptown New Orleans. Through the leadership of the student-created Newman Green Club, GGI has helped the school find corporate partners to purchase bins and containers for the school's new recycling program.

"New Orleans was hard hit by Hurricane Katrina two years ago," said GGI founder and executive director, Jill Buck. "When you're trying to rebuild your house, it is hard to think about a recycling program. But the student leaders at Newman School are leading that school's-and soon the city's-effort to begin recycling again and the Go Green Initiative was honored to be asked to help with their effort." The GGI secured corporate donations for six outdoor containers and $250 towards the purchase of recycling bins. Midpoint International, a Canadian company which produces recycling containers made a generous contribution towards the Newman recycling program, as did Kettle Creek and Windsor Barrels, two Pennsylvanian companies that produce recycling and trash receptacles.
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Come to the Earth Summit to see Faber Dewar. He is the star of The Learning Channel's very popular series, Trading Spaces, and owner of Zero Impact Packaging and LiveH2O,. Faber will give a presentation entitled "Take that Plastic and Shove it! Cost-effective and Environmentally Preferable Alternatives."
Kate Jupina is updating the registered schools database. Be sure your school is getting the latest GGI information. If you have a new Go Green contact person, click here to email the information to Kate.

Kate Jupina
Go Green Initiative

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