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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Cartridge Recycling You are currently using the Homework With Text Formatting page type. This is an old page type with limited formatting options. We would recommend switching to the Enhanced Text page, a more advanced page type with many more options. Click here for more information on the different page types. Please note: You may continue to use this page type if you desire. <DIV><FONT size=2> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#008080 size=5></FONT> </P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#008080 size=5>December 2006</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5>We have just sent off three boxes of ink cartridges. We have ordered more boxes for the cartridges left over and for the cartridges we will begin collecting for the second semster. I will post the totals made from our cartridges soon. Thanks for bringing in you empty cartridges!</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#008080 size=5>August 2006 </FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#008080 size=5>We will begin collecting ink cartridges again. We have plastic bins located just inside the 'drop-off'' doors for each grade level. Please put your empty cartridges in your childs grade level bin. We will send out a congratulations on KPAW for the first grade level to fill their bin. </FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#008080 size=5>What cartridges are acceptable and which aren't? Cartridges with print heads such as HP, Lexmark, Compaq, Apple, Xerox, Dell and Cannon (some) are acceptable. Epson and compatable, Canon BCI series, the large laser cartridges and remanufactured or refilled cartridges are not accepted.</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5>Thanks for helping our school and our environment!</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5>========================================</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5></FONT> <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#008080 size=5>June 1st, 2005</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#008080 size=5>END of YEAR UPDATE:</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5>What a great year of printer cartridge recycling! </FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5>During the year we collected and sent in four shipments of printer cartridges to our recycling provider, Empties4cash. Our "trash" brought in $672.00. A great end to a great year of recycling at LME.</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5>Thanks to everyone that didnt just throw away the cartridges .. they recycled them to help the earth and to earn money for LME. Remember to save those cartridges during the summer months. We'll have recycling bins at school once again when school starts!</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5>Thanks for helping us recycle!</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify> </P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5>The Green Team</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT color=#008080 size=5>***************************************************************************</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" color=#008080 size=5>Did You Know…</FONT></P> <P class=c4kbody align=justify><SPAN class=highlighted>..<FONT size=3> that more than 54 million households, roughly55% of the total population, own a home computer?</FONT></SPAN></P> <P><FONT size=3>.. that the average household purchases 2-6 printer cartridges per year?</FONT></P> <P class=c4ksubheading align=justify><FONT size=3>…that it takes more than 2 ounces of oil to produce a new inkjet cartridge, and over 3 liters to produce a new laser (toner) cartridge?</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3>.. that more than 85% of used printer cartridges are simply tossed in the trash?</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3>.. that every 2 seconds a printer cartridge is thrown away in the United States (that’s <STRONG>1,800 cartridges per minute</STRONG>, <STRONG><FONT size=4>108,000 per hour</FONT></STRONG> and <STRONG><FONT size=4>almost 3 million per day </FONT></STRONG>and over </FONT><FONT size=4><STRONG>1 billion per year)</STRONG></FONT><FONT size=3><STRONG>! </STRONG></FONT><FONT size=2> In terms of weight, that is equivalent to over 90,000 African Elephants.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3> .. that recovering discarded printer cartridges for recycling would prevent more than 570,000 tons of plastics from entering the waste stream?</FONT></P> <P class=c4kbody align=justify><FONT size=3>…that up to 2 liters of oil is saved for every printer cartridge recycled?</FONT></P> <P class=c4kbody align=justify><FONT size=3>…that the plastic used in printer cartridges will take over 100 years to biodegrade in our landfills?</FONT></P> <P class=c4kbody align=justify> <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00" color=#008080 size=4>NOW YOU DO. And now you know that YOU can make a change. Recycle and Tell a friend!</FONT></P> <P class=c4kbody align=justify>CARTRIDGE QUIZ #1: </P> <P class=c4kbody align=justify>What is the average length of an ink cartridge? If ink cartridges were stacked end to end in one year how many time around the Earth would they go? [Use the information above to give you the needed data.] Send your answers, along with your calculation, to:</P> <P class=c4kbody align=justify></FONT> </P></DIV> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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