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Gloria Hsia, 1st Place (4-6 Grade), Bayside
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NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling
www.nysar3.org
Nicole Bernstein 3rd Place (10-12 Grade)
HAFTR High School
Cedarhurst
January 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 National
Environmental
Policy Act 1970
New Year’s Day
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4
5
National Bird Day
6
7
8
Waste reduction
means not making
garbage to begin
with.
9
10
National Cut Your
Energy Costs Day
Save the Eagles
Day
11
12
13
Use reusable
shopping bags.
14
15
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
16
17
18
Buy products with
less packaging.
19
20
21
Pack lunches in
reusable lunch
boxes.
22 23
24
Recycle as many
items as you can.
25
Get
ready for Skip the
Straw Day – it’s less
than a month away!
26 27
Remove
your name
from junk mail lists
and receive other
mail electronically.
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29
30
Use reusable water
bottles.
31
Americans produce nearly 4 pounds of
waste per person each day! By following
the tips featured this month and
throughout the rest of the year, you
can to help decrease this number.
Waste Reduction Resolutions
Yael Miller 2nd Place (10-12 Grade)
HAFTR High School
Cedarhurst
New York Recycles! www.nyrecycles.org
February 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
By donating food, we’re feeding people, not landfills, supporting
local communities, and saving money. Visit
www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/reduce-wasted-
food-feeding-hungry-people to learn more about reducing
wasted food by feeding hungry people.
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2
Groundhog Day
3
4
Serve leftovers the
next day or
incorporate them
into something else!
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6
7 8
9
10
Saving food starts
with your mindset.
Will that tomato
actually get used or
not?
11
12
Lincoln’s Birthday
13
14 National Organ
Donor Day
Valentine’s Day
15 16
Chinese New Year
– Year of the Dog
17
18
Freeze foods such as
bread, fruit and
meats that you know
won’t be eaten on
time.
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22
Washington’s
Birthday
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24 National Skip the
Straw Day Observe by skipping
the straw or choose
eco-friendly reusable
options.
25 26
Plan meals before
grocery shopping.
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Did you know that 40% of food in
America is wasted? For more tips on how
to reduce food waste visit
www.savethefood.com.
Feed People, Not Landfills
NYS Association for Solid Waste Management
www.nysaswm.org
Sydney Laniak Runner-Up (7-9 Grade)
Our Lady of Mercy
Rochester
March 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Making environmentally sustainable choices
means making decisions that are better for
our environment. These decisions help our
environment now and for the future. Practice
making environmentally sustainable choices on
a regular basis throughout the year.
1
2
Make sure you have
reusable items for
National Pack Your
Lunch Day!
3
4
5
6
7
“Green” your Spring
cleaning – choose
products with the
EPA Safer Choice
label.
8
9
10
National Pack
Your Lunch Day
11
Daylight Savings
Time Begins
12
National Plant a
Flower Day
13
14
15 16
17
St. Patrick’s Day
18 19 20
First Day of
Spring
21
World Forestry
Day
22
World Water
Day
23
24
25
26
27
Don’t forget to
properly recycle
plastic bags and film
plastics.
28 29
30
Passover Begins
31
Spring into Sustainability
Covanta Energy
www.covanta.com
Sydney Scozzari Runner-Up (4-6 Grade)
Hicksville Middle School
Hicksville
April 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
2
3
4
The first Earth Day
was celebrated on
April 22, 1970.
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6 7
8
9
Conserve water-
repair leaky faucets.
10
11
12
Reduce your carbon
footprint - carpool,
walk, use public
transportation or
ride your bike.
13
Fisheries
Conservation and
Management Act of
1976 was approved
14
15
16
17
Unplug chargers
when not in use.
18
19 20
21
John Muir’s
Birthday
22
23
24
25
Administrative
Professionals Day
26
Take Our Daughters
and Sons to Work
Day!
27
Arbor Day
28
29
30
Always reduce, reuse
and recycle.
The Earth gives us many things that help us
survive, including water, oxygen and other
natural resources. Taking steps to help the
Earth, even if it’s in small ways, reduces our
impact on the environment and also allows
resources to be available for future
generations.
Earth Day, Every Day!
Federation of New York Solid Waste Associations
www.nyfederation.org
Madison Zhao
3rd Place (4-6 Grade)
Hutchinson School
Pelham
May 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Textiles include items such as clothing,
sneakers, shoes, stuffed animals and towels.
Even worn, stained and torn textiles, as long
as they are clean, dry and odorless, can be
recycled. Recycling textiles reduces waste,
conserves natural resources and keeps usable
items out of landfills.
1 2 3
National Textile
Day
4
5
Cinco de Mayo
6
International
Compost Awareness
Week
May 6-12
7 8 9
Textiles recycling
extends the life of
valuable materials.
10
11 12
13
14
15
Ramadan Begins
16
NY Recycles!
Poster Contest
deadline
17
Even textiles that
are missing buttons
or have broken
zippers can be
recycled.
18 Green Your
Commute Day
Endangered
Species Day
19
20 Federation of NY
Solid Waste
Association
Conference
May 20-23
21
22
23
Visit www.nysar3.org
for more information
on textiles recycling.
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25
26
27
Rachel Carson’s
Birthday
28
Memorial Day
29 30 31
Textiles Recycling
Shira Greenblatt
1st Place (10-12 Grade)
HAFTR High School
Cedarhurst
Modern Disposal Services
www.ModernCorporation.com
June 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Everyone should look for and use recycling bins at events. For
best results, recycling bins and garbage cans should be placed
together to reduce contamination and encourage recycling. For
more information, visit www.epa.gov and search for “event
recycling.”
1
2
National Trails
Day
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Americans use 25
billion plastic bottles
every year.
11
12
13
14
Flag Day
15
16
Recycle at work,
home, school and on
the go!
17
18
19
20
American Eagle
Day
21
22
23
Bring reusable
containers for picnics
and BBQs.
24
Use a reusable water
bottle instead of
buying bottled water.
25
26 27 28 29
30
Recycling on the Go!
Gargee Gore 2nd Place (K-3 Grade)
Glencliff Elementary School, Rexford
Katherine Barber 3rd Place (7-9 Grade)
Our Lady of Mercy, Rochester
Obed Nozius 2nd Place (Special Education)
Seaman Neck Middle School, Seaford
Belky Valle 3rd Place (Special Education)
Seaman Neck Middle School, Seaford
Danielle Beechey 2nd Place (7-9 Grade)
Our Lady of Mercy
Rochester
BPI Certified Compostable
Products http://products.bpiworld.org
July 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
Bottle Bill
Became Effective
1983
2
3
4
5
6 7
8
9
10
Make sure your
compost pile gets
enough air.
11 12
If you compost
outside, try a worm
bin inside.
13
14
Try composting pre-
consumer food scraps
from your event.
15
Compost daily!
16
17 18
Don’t forget to
compost products
that are certified as
compostable.
19 20
Add browns to your
compost pile – leaves,
woodchips, straw.
21
22
23
Add “greens” to your
compost pile - fruit
and vegetable peels,
grass clippings, and
coffee grounds.
24
25
26
Compost – a rind is a
terrible thing to
waste!
27 28
29
Global Tiger Day
30
31
Compost is a simple, biological process –
it’s a way of recycling nutrients and
returning them to the soil to be used
again. Check DEC’s website for more
information –
www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8798.html.
Keep Calm - Compost On!
Zachary Burns
3rd Place (K-3 Grade)
West Middle Island Elementary
Middle Island
New York Recycles! www.nyrecycles.org
August 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
You can help the environment by
removing litter from bike paths, parks,
school grounds, nature trails, community
centers, etc. If you would like to
organize a litter pick-up, visit:
www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/81503.html.
1
2 3
4
5
6
Litter is expensive –
it costs the US over
$11 billion per year!
7
8
9
Smokey Bear’s
Birthday
10 11
Be a good example to
others and don’t
litter.
12
13
14
15
Litter is ugly and
expensive to clean up.
16
17
National Thrift
Store Day
18
19
When visiting parks
and recreational
areas help pick up
litter.
20
21
22
New York State
Fair Opens
23
24 25
National Park
Service Organic
Act enacted 1916
26
27 28 29 30 31
Cigarette butts are
the most common
item littered.
Nurture Nature - Don’t Litter!
Aliza Reiss
1st Place (K-3 Grade)
North Shore Hebrew Academy
Great Neck
Casella Organics www. casellaorganics.com
30
September 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Your school can be a green school. Schools that have good
environmental practices help reduce our carbon footprint.
Reduce, reuse, recycle and compost in your school. For more
information, visit www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8803.html.
1
2
3
Labor Day
4
5
6
7
Make sure your
classroom has a
recycling bin.
8
9
Rosh Hashanah
Begins
10
Reuse – bring a
refillable water
bottle to school.
11
Patriot Day
12
13
Reduce – Pack your
lunch in reusable
containers.
14
15
International
Coastal Clean-Up
Day
16
17
Start a sharing table
in your school
cafeteria or at work!
18
19
Yom Kippur
20 21
22
First Day of
Autumn
23
24
25
Try composting at
school.
26
27
28
29
Sustainable School Year
Solid Waste Association of North America NYS Chapter
www.swananys.org
Anna Raymond 1st Place (Special Education)
Seaman Neck Middle School
Seaford
October 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2
National Wild &
Scenic Rivers Act
1968 Signed
3
4
World Animal Day
5
6
Some electronics can
be recycled at stores
that sell them. Call
first to check.
7
8
Columbus Day
9
10
11
Toxic Substances
Control Act of 1976
Effective
12
13
14
15
Rechargeable
batteries can be
recycled at stores
that sell them.
16
World Food Day
17
18
Federal Clean Water
Act of 1972
Effective
19
20
Eye glasses can be
donated to your local
Lions Club.
21
Marine Mammal
Protection Act 1972
Federal Resource
Conservation &
Recovery Act 1976
22 23
24
25
26 27
Coastal Zone
Management Act
1972 Enacted
28
29
Packing “peanuts”
that are clean and
dry can be reused.
Find a location –
www.ups.com
30 31 There are other materials besides
paper, plastic, glass and metal that
can be reused or recycled. Check
DEC’s website
www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8801.html
for more information.
Odd Recyclables
NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling
www.nysar3.org
Sara Ashraf 2nd Place (4-6 Grade)
Hicksville Middle School
Hicksville
November 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
New York Recycles is part of a national event – America
Recycles Day. You can promote New York Recycles – host an
event at your business, school or organization. Events range
from book exchanges to collecting “odd” recyclables. Visit
www.nyrecycles.org for more information.
1
2 3
Promote recycling
and support
businesses – buy
products made out of
recycled materials
4
Daylight Saving
Time Ends
5
6
Election Day
7 8
9
10
Host a recycling
event to promote
NY/America Recycles
Day.
11
Veterans Day
12
13
14
15
New York/America
Recycles Day
16
National
Environmental
Education Act 1990
Signed
17
18
Ocean Dumping Ban
Act 1988 Signed
19 20
21
22
Thanksgiving
23
Buy No Stuff Day
24
Remember to buy
recycled this holiday
season!
25
Recycling creates
jobs.
26
27
28 29
30
New York/America Recycles!
NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation www.dec.ny.gov
Clara Lam 1st Place (7-9 Grade)
Stuyvesant High School
New York
December 2018
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Reuse – Using things over and over again is a great way to reduce waste. Reuse can be
as simple as reusing a plastic container or donating items to local charities. There are
reuse centers in most communities, ranging from specialized programs for building
materials or unneeded materials in schools, to Goodwill centers and the Salvation
Army. For more reuse ideas check DEC’s educational materials –
www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8801.html.
1
2
First Night of
Hanukkah
3
Give experiences not
stuff.
4
5
World Soil Day
6
7 8
Bring reusable bags
when shopping.
9
10
11
CERCLA of 1980
Enacted
12
13
14
15
Wrap presents in
reusable holiday
cloth, towels or
napkins.
16
Buy items that can be
reused.
17 18
Make homemade items
like breads and jams
for friends and
relatives.
19
20 21
First Day of
Winter
22
23
30
24
31
Federal
Clean Air
Act 1970
25
26
Kwanzaa Begins
27
28
Federal
Endangered
Species Act of 1973 Signed
29
Don’t forget to
mulch your holiday
tree.
Choose to Reuse!
Thank You to Our Calendar Sponsors!
Covanta Energy - NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling -
Modern Disposal Services - BPI Certified Compostable Products –
Casella Organics - Solid Waste Association of North America NYS Chapter
NYS Association for Solid Waste Management - NY Recycles Committee-
Federation of New York Solid Waste Associations - NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation
1. NY Recycles
2. Compost is Hot!
3. Put Plastics in Their Place (making sure plastics
get recycled instead of ending up as litter,
pollution, in our waterways, etc.)
4. Recycle Wherever You Go (sporting events,
school, campgrounds, vacations, when visiting
family and friends, etc.)
5. Reduce Your Use (overall waste reduction
including reducing food waste)
For more information on the 2019 NY Recycles!
Poster Contest visit
www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/education/32506.html
.
The calendar themes for the 2019
New York Recycles calendar are:
Chloe Hadid Runner-Up (K-3 Grade)
North Shore Hebrew Academy, Great Neck