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Dr. Battle named Chair for Sustainable Atlanta.
Dr. Michael A. Battle was selected by Mayor Shirley Franklin to serve as Chair of the Mayor's Advisory Committee for A Sustainable Atlanta.
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Now Available
Tours of Meditative Atrium |
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TheoEcology Resource Center |
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Green Living Tips 05.12.08
Five Simple Ways to Pack a Waste-Free Lunch…
The Ideal Lunch will Include
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The Less Than Ideal Lunch will Include
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REUSABLE Carrier (Cloth Bag, Lunchbox)
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NO throw-away bags
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| REUSABLE Containers |
NO plastic wrap, foil or styrofoam |
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| THERMOS for drinks |
NO single-use cartons or cans
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CLOTH NAPKIN to wash and
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NO paper napkins
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SILVERWARE to wash and
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NO plastic forks and spoons |
Lunch Waste Facts:
| ALUMINUM FOIL
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More than 20 million Hershey's kisses are wrapped with 133 square miles of foil everyday
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| ALUMINUM AND TIN CANS
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In the time it takes you to read this sentence, more than 50,000 12 ounce aluminum cans were made
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| BANANA AND ORANGE PEELS |
Food debris in a landfill decompose only 25% in the first 15 years (try composting or vermiculture!)
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| JUICE BOXES
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Most inorganic trash retains its weight, volume, and form for at least four decades
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| PAPER BAGS AND NAPKINS
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It is estimated that 17 trees are cut down for every ton of non-recycled paper
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| PLASTIC BOTTLES, FORKS, WRAP |
U. S. citizens discard 2 1/2 million plastic bottles EVERY HOUR
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| STYROFOAM |
U. S. citizens throw away 25 billion Styrofoam cups EVERY YEAR |
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