The Schools Sustainability team provides outreach to public and private schools in Gresham. In addition to helping schools meet mandatory recycling requirements, the City helps provide:
- Onsite assistance to help reduce waste, conserve water and energy.
- Resources to help administrators, custodians, teachers, students and parents implement student green teams at school.
- School sustainability best practices.
Join Oregon Green Schools
- A framework for schools to implement waste reduction and resource efficiency programs.
- Celebrates the student role implementing change in the school community.
- Brings green teams from across the state together to share information and ideas at the annual Oregon Green Schools Summit.
- View list of Gresham's
Oregon Green Schools.
Student green team and class campaigns
- Student recycling programs
- Student earth clubs, green teams and class campaigns
- School gardening
- Waste audit and evaluation instructions
- Obtaining recycling signage, equipment and supplies
- Connect to regional educational tools and opportunities
- Establishing low-maintenance recycling projects
- Funding resources and annual school grants program
- Worm bins
Resources
How and what to recycle at school
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