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ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE: Its no secret our planet is in a climate emergency.  Making small, easy changes to your daily routine can bring us one step closer to finally ending this crisis.

Seven easy ways to help protect the environment

Eliana Mann, Rubiconline May 19, 2022
Any number of small, personal actions can make a positive impact on the environment and are often easy to do.
The current setup in the lunchroom contains a recycling bin, as well as one trash can, and two compost bins.

Don’t throw away appreciation for lunch staff

Tommy Verhey, RubicOnline March 9, 2021
The lunch staff has implemented new ways to compost, teach, and save the earth within the lunch room.
Recycling may be the default habit, but its time to compost instead

Recycling? Maybe. Reduce, reuse, rot instead.

Elizabeth Trevathan, Staff Writer March 22, 2019
With China's 2018 import ban in effect, reusing and composting -- not recycling -- offer the environmental solution.
Students often forget to compost due to the rush they may be in to get to class. If students could take more care in what they often negligently throw out, the production of greenhouse gases could easily be reduced.

Students must increase awareness of compost bins to help environment

Mimi Geller, RubicOnline Editor September 20, 2016
Students must take more care in what they often carelessly throw away in the lunchroom.
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