Pondering recycling and finding good things.

By Lisa Ryan

I have been haunted for years by questions about recycling. If I leave peanut butter in the jar and recycle it, will I break the equipment or contaminate a good batch of plastic? Can newspapers be mixed in with officer paper or not? What if I put my newspapers in paper bags instead of tying it with twine into precisely measured bundles? Why are there so many plastics that my town doesn’t recycle? Why can my coworker in the next town recycle #5 yogurt containers, but I can’t How many people bother to recycle at all? Does everything we put out to the curb actually get recycled, or does it just end up in a landfill? Finally, I wonder if anybody besides me really cares?
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Written by Katelyn NolandFederal Agencies, Latest News – Sep 2, 2011

 The 50th anniversary season of the Combined Federal Campaign started Thursday and will continue through Dec. 15, the Office of Personnel Management has announced.

CFC, originally created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, allows charitable organizations to solicit contributions from employees of the government, enabling federal employees to donate to their charity of choice through their payroll system.

“I’m asking each local CFC to also inspire new and greater numbers of donors, with a new award for the campaigns that show the greatest increase in participation,” OPM John Berry said in a memo. “Let’s make this 50th year an outstanding year—one that marks a new era that will endure for the next fifty years.”

Pearson is one of the largest employers in New Jersey.  In an effort to reduce our company’s carbon footprint and show corporate environmental responsibility, Pearson is installing solar panels at its Cranbury, NJ facility. To raise awareness about the importance of renewable energy among New Jersey’s youth, The Pearson Foundation is sponsoring the New Jersey Go Green! Challenge.

Youth ages 13-18 are encouraged to submit a 30-60 second Public Service Announcement about clean, renewable energy. Entries can be submitted individually or as a group of no more than three students between September 12 and October 28, 2011. The grand prize is an iPad; one for each person in the group.

Click here for a copy of the brochure.

This is a great opportunity for students to enter for a chance to win an iPad and display their creativity about Going Green!

Visit the contest Web site for complete rules and details. www.njgreenchallenge.org