RISE in the News

Davis Enterprise, January 24, 2018

Photograph of a January 24th, 2018, Davis Enterprise article from page A7 titled, "RISE: Davis High has a chance to be a role model in State".

Davis High students RISE to help the planet - Davis EnterpriseSixteen large trash bags. That’s how much garbage Davis High School produced one day in October 2016. To prove a point, members of the Recycling Is Simply Elementary student board conducted a study, all caught on a time-lapse video. RISE board members Vinita Saxena, Nathan Sweet and Sithmi Jayasundara analyze lunch waste in May at Holmes Junior High. Courtesy photo Monday, Oct. 17, started with empty trash bins and ended with heaps of garbage. That afternoon, a handful of students rolled up their sleeves, donned rubber gloves and sorted the “trash” into four different piles: paper products; “co-mingle” plastics, glass and cans; organic material; and waste. When they were done 90 minutes later, there was one bag of garbage. The rest had been diverted for recycling or compost. (See the video and read details of the study at https://wp.me/p3aczg-3fSo)

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Holmes' Green Team wins state award - Davis EnterpriseAfter several months of monitoring, documenting and submitting data on the waste stream at Holmes Junior High School,…

Photograph of an April 15th, 2015, Davis Enterprise article titled, "ECO-HEROES: Building hands-on solutions".

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