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SEERTT Flaash

Scchool Energyy and Recyccling Team

Unique SSituations – Unique Opportunnities – Unnique Soluutions

Edison Hiigh School Goes Abbove and BBeyond

“CConstructionn Materials Recycling CCenter” Maade From 1000% Recycllable Items

Looking for fun aand creative wways to prommote recyclinng at your schhool? Look nno further thaan
what the students and staff arre doing at TThomas Edisoon High Schhool of Technnology. SERRT
Teamm Leader andd Network Opperations teaacher, Jesse MMcGee, has iinstalled an aatmosphere oof
teamwwork, accounntability, andd environmenntal stewardshhip throughoout the schooll.

Offerring unique ccourses from constructionn to cosmetollogy, Edison classrooms are filled witth
materrials not normmally found in a typicall MCPS schoool. Althouggh most of thhese materiaals
can’t be recycled in the paperr or comminggled bins, thee staff at Ediison has founnd other wayys
to reccycle or reusee them.

Particcipating in a program-widde recycling campaign, thhe Carpentryy class built aa Constructioon
Materrials Recycling Center (ppictured abovve). All other r constructionn programs aare responsiblle
for mmaintaining thhe center andd placing maaterials in thee correct areaa for removaal by SERT tto
the MMontgomery County Reccycling Center. Also, thee Auto Techh program iss recycling aall
tires, oil, car batteeries, and all other parts aare either reussed or sent bback to the mmanufacturer tto
be reffurbished. Caafé Edison reecycles all of their cookiing oil, whilee the folks inn the Networrk
Operaations prograam are eCycling (recyclinng electronicss) and refurbishing used ccomputers.

The SSERT prograam staff wouuld like to exttend a sincerre “thank youu” to all stafff and studennts
at Thhomas Edisoon High Schhool who aare implemennting a cultture of conservation annd
recyccling responsiibly and creaatively.

Do yoou have a “SEERT Flash” yyou would likke to share aboout your SERRT efforts? PPlease submit a
photoograph and paaragraph abouut your team aand you too caan be featuredd in a future FFLASH!
E-maiil: Sert@mcppsmd.org
SERTT Program- 2440-314-1090

“It’s your wworld…choosse to conservee”