Samuel Grus
9-3-13 7:33 pm
OWENSVILLE, MO-Owensville High School is trying to save money the best we can. We recycle cans from the vending machines, and anything else we can, because we are considered a small and poor school. This is how we save money in our district according to Ken Hunott:
Electric is saved by staff and students being responsible to
turn off lights in rooms that are not being used. We will soon have a
more formal system though. Over the summer, through the STRIVE program,
we installed solar panels. They will be hooked up to our electrical
system and the electricity created will be fed back through the electrical
grid. The power company will credit the school district for any electricity that is fed back through the grid. I'm sure it is much more
complicated than that, but that is the version I understand.
Our recycling program has come a long way since it began in
2009. It began as a project that our gifted students were working on.
One of the main goals was to reduce the amount of trash that we put in
our dumpsters and reduce the amount of trash pick ups that we pay for,
therefore saving money. We did reduce the amount of trash we put into
landfills, but were unable to reduce our trash pick ups according to the waste
management company. Over the years we have accumulated several pieces of
equipment through grants. We have a forklift, a cardboard baler (capable
of producing a 1,000 lb. bale), 9 containers with a capacity to hold 600 lb's
of material, and an 18 ft trailer. Although we don't make a lot of money
off of paper and cardboard, $600 - $800 per year, we do save a lot of trees. In
school year 2011-2012 we recycled 48,000 lbs of paper and cardboard. In
school year 2012-2013 we recycled 42,600 of material.
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