Water Bottle Survey |
1. Water Bottles
District 39 is considering possible alternatives to water bottles in the cafeterias and would like your input about options.
Water bottles were first introduced to the schools as a healthy alternative to juice. This was in response to parent requests.
Over the past few years an increasing number of parents have expressed concerns about the environmental impacts of the large number or bottles used and the amount of waste generated.
Here are a few water bottle facts:
* D39 sells over 100,000 water bottles a year.
* At the elementary schools, students often take only a few sips and throw the rest away.
* Some water bottles are not being recycled because of the number of students moving through the cafeteria in short periods of time and the lack of monitoring.
* Sales of water bottles generate significant income for the district each year; current costs for grades 1-6 (10 oz) .50, grades 7-8 (16.9 oz) $1.00
* The plastics in water bottles are petroleum-based, resulting in environmental degradation during production as well as during recycling.
* Water bottles take 500-1,000 years to decompose when exposed to air. If compacted in a landfill they do not decompose.
Please give your opinion about water bottles by answering the following questions:
Water bottles were first introduced to the schools as a healthy alternative to juice. This was in response to parent requests.
Over the past few years an increasing number of parents have expressed concerns about the environmental impacts of the large number or bottles used and the amount of waste generated.
Here are a few water bottle facts:
* D39 sells over 100,000 water bottles a year.
* At the elementary schools, students often take only a few sips and throw the rest away.
* Some water bottles are not being recycled because of the number of students moving through the cafeteria in short periods of time and the lack of monitoring.
* Sales of water bottles generate significant income for the district each year; current costs for grades 1-6 (10 oz) .50, grades 7-8 (16.9 oz) $1.00
* The plastics in water bottles are petroleum-based, resulting in environmental degradation during production as well as during recycling.
* Water bottles take 500-1,000 years to decompose when exposed to air. If compacted in a landfill they do not decompose.
Please give your opinion about water bottles by answering the following questions: