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Ryan Carricaburu

Trotter

English Lit

28 November 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Jazynka, - Kitson. “School's Recycling Team Means That It's Easy Being Green.” The

Washington Post, 11 May 2012, WP Company, Web. 27 Nov 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/schools-recycling-team-means-that-

its-easy-being-green/2012/05/11/gIQAdtuJIU_story.html?utm_term=.d0f58a5dbecd

The article talks about how a small group of school children are making a positive change

in their school by collecting recyclables. The evidence used by the author is information from the

school district about how this recycling has positively impacted the school. The author also

interviews students at the school and asked them how their recycling efforts have helped the

environment. The article mainly focuses on the programs put into place by the school. It also

gives many examples of how the kids at this particular school can contribute to recycling efforts.

The article also discusses how the school has put programs into place the help to promote

recycling and also educate the children at an early age about how important it is to recycle and

help to preserve the environment. The resource is immensely valuable to my research as the

author goes in depth on ways in which the school encourages the kids to recycle and also fuels

some ideas that I can implement in my own Senior Capstone.

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Spacek, Annie Sciacca and Rachel. “Californians Are Recycling Bottles Less and Less. Here's

What's Going On.” Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2017, Los Angeles Times, Web. 27 Nov

2017

http://beta.latimes.com/business/la-fi-recycling-rates-down-20170704-

story.html

In this article, the author discusses how recycling rates in California are on the decline as

many recycling centers are closing and people have fewer options to take their recyclables to.

The evidence provided by the author includes data from CalRecycle that display how recycling

rates in the United States are diminishing over the last few years. The article goes into detail and

describes how the lack of recycling centers is impeding recycling rates. The worst part is not that

items are not being recycled, but that all of these items are instead being placed into landfills for

hundreds of years to come. It talks about future plans to aid these centers such as government

funds to give the centers something to subsidize the people recycling their trash. This resource is

valuable to me because it will give me a greater understanding of recycling in Southern

California as well as some recycling statistics about bottles, cans, and papers. It also provides

background in writing my children’s book along with factual information.

“School Recycling Made Easy.” LessIsMore.org: 12 Feb 2015 Santa Barbara County's

Recycling Resource, Santa Barbara County, Web. 28 Nov 2017

www.lessismore.org/materials/23-school-recycling.

This state web page mainly discusses ways to improve recycling in schools as well as

how to reduce the costs of recycling in order to better help a school’s budget. The evidence used

is from schools in the county of Santa Barbara and focuses on past schools that have improved

their recycling methods along with other evidence from the county on steps to take to make
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recycling more efficient for schools. The web page talks about the benefits of recycling in

schools and how over time it will greatly help the school as well as the environment. It centers its

focus on how the county can assist schools with recycling and waste disposal. It also states that

recycling is 36% cheaper than normal waste disposal and that schools should even look to

attempt to gain a profit from recycling. Essentially, schools should view recycling as an

opportunity to both help the planet as well as provide funding for students. This resource is

valuable to me because it offers methods of how to encourage not only amongst students, but

faculty as well. It will give me an example of these programs being implemented in another area

of California to prove that what I am talking about is valid throughout my Senior Capstone.

Telvock, Dan. “City Schools Fail at Recycling.” Investigative Post, 20 Jan. 2017, Investigative

Post, Web. 26 Nov 2017 http://www.investigativepost.org/2012/11/02/schools-recycling/

In this article, Dan Telvock argues that schools in the New York and Buffalo area are

failing to meet both the recycling needs of their students as well as their city. By using sources

from many different schools as well as recycling costs and research, Telvock examines the

various ways in which city schools are not meeting recycling needs. He states that schools are

not even recycling cans and bottles, and paper and cardboard are scarcely recycled and often put

in the incorrect container for effective recycling. Telvock has found that the prevailing issue with

these recycling programs in getting private companies to consistently service and pick up

recyclables from schools. This inconsistency has led to problems that the state governments

cannot fix because they rely on private sectors that they have no jurisdiction over. The main

issue, Telvock finds, is that a lack of education of its students is a recurring problem no state

wide program could fix. In order to make a significant change in recycling in Riverside I need to

know what problems are currently holding back other schools and their problems. This article
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will greatly help me determine an effective strategy for both the education as well and the

execution of my Senior Capstone in areas of what kind of education is needed to be effective in

elementary schools.

“Why Recycling Programs In Schools Are So Important In Driving Change.” CMA Ecocycle ,

Australia, 22 Feb. 2017, CMA Ecocycle - Australia, Web. 29 Nov 2017

http://www.cmaecocycle.net/recycling/recycling-programs-schools-important-driving-

change/

On this webpage, CMA Ecocycle, Australia’s leading mercury recycling company,

discusses why recycling programs implemented in schools can have many short term effects as

well as long term effects that will positively impact the planet for years to come. The author uses

evidence from Australian recycling information to show the benefits of recycling in schools. The

article first talks about how existing programs are already driving change in the world, but some

improvement can be made. Sadly, however, many schools do not actively embrace recycling and

put in effort to putting programs in place. Recycling at schools is often limited to just some

amounts of paper, which severely limits the recycling potential at schools. By not educating kids

in school about environmental problems they will grow up unconcerned which will only lead to

the acceleration of pollution. Finally, properly executed recycling programs also encourage kids

to recycle outside of school and society will reap a great benefit. The resource will prove

incredibly valuable to my research as it discusses some existing programs. The article also states

that most schools do not heavily focus on recycling programs, meaning there is much room for

improvement. It finally talks about the outside benefits of recycling in school that will improve

society. This will greatly influence my Senior Capstone in how I go about both writing my

children’s book as well as explaining the topics to the students.