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How do we know that the Go Green Initiative is having a positive impact on the environment? We measure success in real numbers. On December 15, March 15, and June 15 each year, we ask our registered school to give us information on how much material they have kept out of their local landfill through a simple, online form called the QPR (quarterly progress report). After schools enter that information, our database collates the numbers, and we enter them into an EPA-sponsored calculator that helps us quantify the true environmental impact that our family of Go Green Initiative schools has had.
I want to thank the following schools that have already turned in their December 15th reports. The Go Green Initiative coordinator at each school will receive a small gift box of Go Green Initiative items as our way of saying 'thank you' for doing such a great job. You can receive a gift box, too if we receive your school's QPR by December 15!
Dryden Elementary School, Dryden, NY
Fannin Elementary, El Paso, TX
Benton Middle School, Manassas, VA
From the 2007 Go Green Small City of the Year, Livermore, CA
Altamont Creek Elementary School
Christensen Middle School
Leo Croce Elementary School
Livermore High School
Rancho Las Positas
Sunset Elementary School
From the 2006 Go Green City of the Year, Grand Prairie, TX
Arnold Middle School
Austin Elementary
Barbara Bush Elementary
Ben Milam Elementary
Bonham Elementary School
Bowie Elementary School
Boze Secondary Learning Center
Colin Powell Elementary
Crockett Elementary School
Daniels Elementary Academy
Dickinson Elementary
Eisenhower Elementary
Florence Hill Elementary
Grand Prairie High School
Grand Prairie High School Ninth Grade Center
Grand Prairie Natural Science Education Center
Hector P. Garcia
Jackson Middle School
John Adams Middle School
John Nance Garner Elementary
Juan Sequin Elementary
Kennedy Middle School
Lamar Alternative Education School
LB Johnson Elementary School
Lee Middle School
Moseley Elementary
Sam Rayburn Elementary School
Reagan Middle School
Sallye Moore Elementary
Sam Houston Elementary
South Grand Prairie 9th Grade School
South Grand Prairie High School
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
Travis Elementary
Truman Middle School
Whitt Elementary
Zavala Elementary
Since we started gathering this information, Go Green Initiative schools in all 50 U.S. states, and in 14 countries have kept the following out of our planet's landfills:
�Over 5.3 million pounds of paper
�More than 530,000 pounds of cardboard
�60,000 pounds of aluminum
�109,000 pounds of plastic beverage containers
�Nearly 15,000 cellular phones
�11,000 printer cartridges
�More than 435,000 pounds of mixed recyclables
�80,000 pounds of food waste
As a result of this waste diversion, our family of Go Green Initiative schools has had an incredible environmental impact. Together we have avoided the use of the following:
�44 billion BTUs of energy use
�2,604 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions
�18,606,000 gallons of water
�1 million gallons of oil
�9,653 cubic yards of landfill space, due to paper recycling alone | 
