South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Get to school "greenly."

• Biking, walking, riding the bus and carpooling can all help reduce carbon emissions.

"Green" your school supplies.

• Purchase products made from recycled materials.
• Reuse supplies from last year.

Pack waste-free lunches.

• Challenge students to pack a no trash lunch each day.
• When going through the cafeteria line – only get what you will eat- too many times food becomes waste and ends up in the trash and then landfill

"Green" your field day.

• Make it a "green event."
• Create games and activities made from reusing materials -- even the award ribbons.

Make your school idle-free.

• More information is available from DHEC's Breathe Better Program.

Lead by example.

• It's one of the best ways to teach our students about the environment.

• Reuse your notebook paper by always using the backside before recycling.
• Take your water back and forth to school everyday in a reusable container instead of a disposal container.
• Think of ways your students and classmates can reuse items that are going to be thrown away.

Recycle.

• Talk to your principal about starting a recycling program.
• Talk to your cafeteria director about a composting program.

Conserve energy.

• Make signs to post in all rooms to turn off lights before leaving the room.
• Use compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs when possible.