Now I remember why I didn't sign it when it appeared on the HOPE list. It cannot be submitted without agreeing to a donation to the host site. Am I wrong in this? I applaud the effort and the students. The County and School system should have done this years ago. Nina<BR><BR><B><I>Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes@gmail.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I don't believe this was ever forwarded to TownTalk - forgive me if<BR>i'm wrong in that. This petition to improve recycling efforts in PG<BR>County schools was started by students at Northwestern High. There are<BR>only 168 signatures as of now -- would be great to get a lot more!<BR><BR>**********************************************************************************************<BR><BR>URL for signing and reading the petition:<BR>http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pgcps/index.html<BR><BR>The petition
reads:<BR><BR>Prince George's Public Schools produce tons of trash in a single week,<BR>most of which is disposed in a regular landfill. We would like our<BR>trash to be disposed in a single stream recycling facility.<BR><BR>Our school system does not have a clear goal for waste reduction. We<BR>would like our administrators to establish a yearly goal for waste<BR>reduction and a uniform recycling system. At every school, staff and<BR>students will be able to decide how these goals will be attained. In<BR>addition, our schools will give preference to purchase recycled<BR>supplies.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>TownTalk mailing list<BR>To post to the list, send mail to TownTalk@riverdale-park.org<BR>TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org is for automated subscription processing only<BR>http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk<BR><BR>For more information about Riverdale Park, visit http://www.ci.riverdale-park.md.us<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>