Green Elementary PTA


1315 Comanche Drive
Allen, TX 75013
(972) 727-0370
Organized May, 1994
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Environmental



Don't forget to bring in empty printer cartridges & old cell phones to the PTA work room (#117) to be recycled - and Green gets $$$!! Please contact the Environmental Committee with questions.

We will begin collecting empty Capri-Sun juice bags beginning Monday, December 14 in specially marked bins in the cafeteria. Our school will receive .02 for each package collected.

The Green Elementary Environmental Club meets on the third Thursday of every month in the Atrium from 3-4:15. All students are invited to attend (grades 2 and younger are welcome to attend with a parent helper!). For more information, please contact the Environmental Committee.

Environmental Committee
Melissa McAuliffe, Chairman - Environmental Committee melissa@ijustimagine.org
Caren Conway, Assistant Chairman
Julie Landsaw, Assistant Chairman



PTA Environmental Awareness Contest Update

The PTA Environmental Awareness Contest results are in, and Green is very proud to announce that two of our own students placed at the Allen/Lovejoy PTA Council level.

In the PRINT ADVERTISING category:
Anisha Kamat in 3rd grade received 1st place

In the PHOTOGRAPHY category:
Jordan Kotlarczyk in 5th grade received 2nd place

Congratulations to both of these students!!


Recycle-a-Book Wrap Up

Thanks to all of the students, teachers, staff, parents, and volunteers for participating in our Recycle-a-Book event. Green collected a total of 643 books. After participating students selected their books, we were able to donate 426 books to "The Friends of the Allen Library". Special thanks go to: Michelle Sigle, Caren Conway, Desiree Hill, Cinda Smith, Marti Dempsey, Melissa McAuliffe, Kristine Springate and Janelle McEachern for making this event successful.


General Information

The environmental area of the Green Elementary PTA includes activities to promote awareness of environmental issues and programs.

National, state-wide, or city-wide initiatives:

  • Pollution Prevention Week
  • Walk to School Day (October, 2008)
  • Keep Allen Beautiful Art Contest (Oct-Nov, 2008)
  • Recycle-a book Day (Nov. 15, 2008)
  • Texas PTA/EPA Contest (Feb-May, 2009)
  • Great American Clean-up (March-May, 2009)
  • Don't Mess With Texas Trash-Off (April, 2009)
  • National Earth Day (April, 2009)
  • Arbor Day (April 25, 2009)
  • Texas Recycling Day (Nov. 15, 2008)

    School-wide recycling programs:

  • Re-use-a-shoe (Spring, 2009)
  • Cartridges for Kids (all year)
  • Plastic Bag Recycling (all year)

    Also included in the scope of Environmental activities are school beautification activities such as the maintenance of the Memorial Garden.

    Further details about the individual activities will be posted on this website as they become available. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to be involved in the environmental activities, please contact the Environmental Committee.


    RECYCLING 101: In case you were wondering...

    We have a new, official, plastic bag recycling bin. It is located near the library entrance. The bin was donated by Moore Recycling Associates, Inc. If you are wondering why we are recycling plastic bags at school, it is because plastic bags are NOT recyclable in the City of Allen program. If they are placed in the blue recycling bin, they are thrown in the trash.

    Also, did you know that you do not have to remove labels from cans or bottles prior to placing them in the recycle bin? However, plastic caps and lids from glass bottles, jars, etc. should be removed and placed in the trash (don't worry about the ring around the neck of the bottle).

    Items accepted in the City of Allen recycling program are:
  • plastics #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
  • aluminum drink cans (no foil, pie plates or cookware)
  • steel food and drink cans, aerosol cans,
  • all colors of unbroken glass bottles and jars
  • dry, un-yellowed newspapers, phone books, catalogs, junk mail, paper bags, corrugated cardboard boxes and chipboard will also be accepted
  • NO STYROFOAM
  • NO PLASTIC BAGS OF ANY KIND

    Why are plastic bags not recyclable in the city program?

    Plastic bags will jam the machinery at the MRF (material recovery facility). Think conveyor belt with plastic bags wound around the cogs. It literally can cost hours of downtime to pull the bags out of the machinery after it’s caught, which means money to the recyclers. So, the MRF throws them in the trash.

    Other interesting facts:

    Many years back, we were asked to remove the labels on glass, and metal, and plastic bottles. Now technology has advanced to the point that removal of labels is no longer necessary. We do ask that the plastic caps be removed from the bottles (the caps cause a contamination problem since the plastic resin is a different resin that that of the bottle)… but don’t worry about the ring around the neck of the bottle… not enough %-wise to create a contamination problem. Also please remove the lids from glass and dispose of those as well as the plastic lids.