Gloria Hsia, 1st Place (4-6 Grade), Bayside...Poster Contest deadline 17 are missing buttons or have...

Gloria Hsia, 1st Place (4-6 Grade), Bayside

Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled content paper

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

2

3

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.

28

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


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.

1

2

Groundhog Day

3

4

Serve leftovers the

next day or

incorporate them

into something else!

5

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.

19

20

21

22

Washington’s

Birthday

23

24 National Skip the

Straw Day Observe by skipping

the straw or choose

eco-friendly reusable

options.

25 26

Plan meals before

grocery shopping.

27

28

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


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.

5

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.

24

25

26

27

Rachel Carson’s

Birthday

28

Memorial Day

29 30 31

Textiles Recycling

http://www.nysar3.org/

Shira Greenblatt

1st Place (10-12 Grade)

HAFTR High School

Cedarhurst

Modern Disposal Services

www.ModernCorporation.com

June 2018


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!

http://www.epa.gov/

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!

www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8798.html

Zachary Burns

3rd Place (K-3 Grade)

West Middle Island Elementary

Middle Island

New York Recycles! www.nyrecycles.org

August 2018


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:


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


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


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


for more information.

Odd Recyclables

www.ups.com


NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling

www.nysar3.org

Sara Ashraf 2nd Place (4-6 Grade)

Hicksville Middle School

Hicksville

November 2018


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


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 –


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

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