Shoutout to CGS Sixth Graders:

Get ready sixth graders!

You're next!

Happy Election Day! Don't forget to VOTE!

Here's an information-packed website about compost regulations and advocacy that you can explore while waiting in line to VOTE...

US Composting Council

Talkin' Trash to 7th and 8th Grade Parents

The following information was included in email blasts to 7th and 8th grade parents:

COMPOSTING:​

7th and 8th grade has started composting!

Please read more about it on our blog: http://campobellogramlingtrashtalkers.blogspot.com/​

Reasons for composting:

• Landfills are overflowing. Items in landfills require an extensive amount of time to decompose, if they decompose at all. Most items in landfills never decompose. 
• It is expensive to build and maintain landfills. According to Jes Sdao, the Recycling Coordinator for Spartanburg County, our local landfill, the Wellford Landfill, has a 400 acre footprint. The average cost to build and maintain a landfill is $100,000 to $300,000 per acre. A landfilll contains about 28% of organic matter that can be used for composting.
• Our school needs to save valuable resources, like soil and water
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  . We spend about $1,600 on soil and mulch / year.
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Composting was also featured in the November 7th and 8th grade newsletter, which was distributed to students and parents!

We just love talkin' trash! 

We look forward to giving follow-up surveys to parents soon!