Comments on: 8 Ways to Green Back to School

By: Electric Pencil Sharpener

Electric Pencil Sharpener — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:32:55 +0000

Although it’s tough to convince kids that last year’s stuff is just as good, it’s important to start the trend of re-using early. We always re-used last year’s supplies and bought a few new ones as needs. Not only was it green but money saving!

By: 8 Ways to Green Back to School « Green Living

8 Ways to Green Back to School « Green Living — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:04:20 +0000

[...] Earth 911 I found a list of ways to green back to school. Here are a couple of things that were on the [...]

By: Logan

Logan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:58:18 +0000

Overbuying is definitely something to look out for. I work at Office Depot and every August we have crazy sales on Back-To-School items: folders for a penny, packs of cheap pencils for a dime, that kind of stuff. Although I’m sure the schools and parents are helped out by that, my experience has been that the low, low price detracts from how much people actually need those items. They want it because it is cheap, not because they need a dozen pencils or little plastic pencil sharpeners or whatever. Then they get snippy when we tell them x is limit 3 per customer at the insane sale price. And of course nothing “green” is ever on crazy-sale.

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:32:33 +0000

It is great to lead by example. I do need to become more aware of all the packaging that I use to cart my lunch to work. I do use more plastic bags than I need. I should invest in more rubbermaid containers and use them to cart fruit and pudding or jello instead of buying pre packed jello and pudding.

By: More Info – Less Garbage « Yes Thank You Please

More Info – Less Garbage « Yes Thank You Please — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:41:48 +0000

[...] especially liked the feature “8 Ways to Green Back to School.” (I must admit, I did not know that “green” had become a verb, but I think I [...]

By: Trey Granger

Trey Granger — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:23:09 +0000

Many schools also have recycling programs to raise money, such as paper recycling bins in the parking lot. That’s something to look for on the first day of school, since most school waste ends up being paper.