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Grant 09 -03, Wee Poets, Reducing our Discards, Berkeley, West County, $3,000.00 grant funds will be used to
<br /> produce (4), 30 minute videotapes titled "Reducing our Discards The videotapes will emphasize and promote source
<br /> reduction, recycling, and purchase of recycled goods. Video tape will be produced at a recycling site.
<br /> Grant 09 -04, Edison School, Reduce Lunch Waste Challenge, Alameda, West County, $1,000.00 Edison Go
<br /> Green has an ongoing goal of reducing waste from school lunches, and with the grant funds, will purchase waste reducing
<br /> products in bulk to sell to parents at lower than market rates. These products would include alternatives to Ziploc bags
<br /> (Snack Taxis) and washable, reusable lunch boxes (Laptop Lunch Bento Boxes).
<br /> Grant 09 -05, Livermore High School, Batteries for Recycling Truck, Livermore, East County, $3,000.00
<br /> Replace batteries in electric Ford Ranger Pickup that is used to enhance the recycling materials on campus.
<br /> Grant 09 -06, Livermore High School, Batteries for Recycling Truck, Livermore, East County, $1,488.00
<br /> Replace batteries in electric Ford Ranger Pickup that is used to enhance the recycling materials on campus.
<br /> Grant 09 -07, Livermore High School, Duplex Printing, Livermore, East County, $1,798.00 Funds will be used
<br /> to purchase a duplex printer that prints both front and back. This printer also has network capability and will be used by
<br /> more than one person. Duplex printing will half the consumption of paper, and reduce the amount of paper needing to be
<br /> recycled.
<br /> Grant 09 -08, Livermore High School, Recharge -able Batteries, Livermore, East County, $1,097.00 Replace
<br /> classroom disposable batteries with rechargeable "green" batteries. As batteries wear out, school will dispose of alkaline
<br /> batteries and only use nickel metal hydride batteries. This will reduce the number of batteries going to the landfill.
<br /> Grant 09 -09, Glenview Elementary School, Waste Mapping, Oakland, West County, $3,000.00 As part of a
<br /> collaboration between Glenview Elementary School's "teaming without Limits" after school program and UC
<br /> Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science, funding will be used to initiate a ten week (two, 2 -hour sessions per week) waste
<br /> reduction, mapping and assessment program as a central component of this after school science education program.
<br /> Grant 09 -10, Chipman Middle School, Recycling Jump Start, Alameda, West County, $2,999.00 The science
<br /> department at Chipman Middle School is leading an effort with curriculum introduced at each grade level. Funds will be
<br /> used to purchase five recycling stations to be placed in the science classrooms and common areas, as well as reusable
<br /> work gloves to assist in the sorting and storage for the school's recyclable materials.
<br /> Grant 09 -11, Otis Elementary School, Reusable Dishware and Utensils, Alameda, West County, $500.00 Funds
<br /> were used to purchase reusable dishware and utensils to be used at numerous events throughout the school year that
<br /> involve food, snacks and drinks. A sign out/reservation sheet will be available and school will keep track of the use,
<br /> calculate the avoided waste, and advertise the reduced impact to the environment.
<br /> Grant 09 -12, Marin Elementary School, ROT Garden Compost, Albany, West County, $3,000.00 Marin
<br /> Elementary School has a small volunteer run gardening program. New space on campus recently opened up and the new
<br /> space will be used to expand the garden program so they can demonstrate the food cycle: planting, harvesting,
<br /> composting, to planting. The expansion will contain a seedling greenhouse, 11 planting beds and a composting area. The
<br /> new garden area will be used to teach children about the food cycle and how to reduce our waste and improve our soil
<br /> through composting.
<br /> Grant 09 -13, Total Recycling Associates (TRA), Recycling Spokespersons: A New Role for high School and
<br /> College Students, Oakland, West County, $2,500.00 Funds will be used to hire five (5) more young people who will
<br /> represent organizations displaying goods and services at the 2009 Alameda County Fair. TRA will provide interview and
<br /> project development costs at no cost to the project. Through contacts with the San Jose State IWM students, TRA expects
<br /> to hire more minorities this year for this program.
<br /> Grant 09 -14, Total Recycling Associates (TRA), Booth Rental Spaces at the Alameda County Fair's LIVING
<br /> GREEN VILLAGE, Oakland, West County, $3,000.00 Using EAB funds, TRA will again recruit exhibitors to the
<br /> LIVING GREEN VILLAGE and use the funds received in this grant to pay those organization's booth space rental fees.
<br /> TRA expects the fairgrounds will donate booth spaces so that smaller firms and non profits with an interest in waste
<br /> reduction and recycling can afford to exhibit at the fair. We expect to have the Chabot Space and Science Center as an
<br /> exhibitor with it's "speed sorting of recyclables" game.
<br /> Grant 09 -15, Total Recycling Associates (TRA), Compendium/Directory of Audio Visuals in Recycling,
<br /> Oakland, West County, $2,500.00 Create a useable template for describing each identified resource and to scour the
<br /> locations of available resources for copies of audio, visual, and print materials (larger than leaflets) that should be in the
<br /> kit bag of any recycling coordinator. Document will be created on -line and advertised through a variety of the list -serves
<br /> available to working recyclers.
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