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Plans for Cans Past Participants
2009 Results: We Got Plans for Your Cans
| Participating Schools |
Bags (60 gallon) |
Pounds |
Number of Cans |
Thoreau Park, Parma
|
94.5 |
1,040 (actual) |
34,666 est. |
Independence Primary, Independence
|
52 |
545 (actual) |
15,133 est. |
| St. Adalbert School, Berea |
41 |
440.75 est. |
14,691 est. |
Pleasant Valley Elementary, Parma
|
28 |
301 est. |
10,033 est. |
Normandy High School, Parma
|
27 |
290.25 est. |
9,675 est. |
Holy Rosary Montessori, Cleveland
|
10 |
170.5 est. |
3,583 est. |
Normandy Elementary, Parma
|
8 |
86 |
2,866 est. |
Oliver Hazard School, Cleveland
|
7 est.
|
133 (actual) |
4,433 est. |
Parma High School, Parma
|
7 |
75.25 est. |
2,508 est. |
Frederick Roehm Middle School, Berea
|
6 |
52 (actual) |
2,100 (actual) |
Garfield Middle School, Garfield Heights
|
3 |
32.25 est. |
1,075 est. |
| Totals |
283.5 bags |
3,103 lbs. |
100,763 cans |
|
2010 Results for the We Got Plans for Your Cans program
|
|
Participating Schools
|
Bags (60 gallon)
|
Pounds
|
Number of Cans
|
|
Thoreau Park, Parma
|
30
|
634.20
|
21,140
|
|
St. Adalbert School, Berea
|
not reported
|
|
|
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St. Dominic School, Shaker Hts.
|
not reported
|
|
|
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Big Creek Elementary
|
7
|
147.98
|
4,932
|
|
Parma High School, Parma
|
3
|
63.42
|
2,114
|
|
Totals
|
40 bags
actual
|
845.60 lbs. est.
|
28,186 cans est.
|
- One can weighs = 0.03 pounds
- 1 gallon of whole cans = .288-.432 pounds
- 60 gallon bag could weigh 17.28 to 25 pounds
The Savings
Together the schools saved 17.88 BTUs of energy, 947.76 gallons of gasoline and 2.05 tons of bauxite. They eliminated 2.05 tons of caustic red mud from being produced during aluminum manufacturing. Recycling one ton of cans is equivalent to running electricity for ten years in one home, so the students recycled enough cans to run the electricity for 4.02 years.
2008 Results: We Got Plans for Your Cans
| Participating Schools |
Amount of Cans Collected (60 gallon bags) |
|
St. Adalbert School, Berea
|
18.5 |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary, Parma |
18 |
| Westwood Elementary, Warrensville Hts. |
8 |
| Millridge Elementary, Mayfield |
6 |
| Brooklawn School, Cleveland |
1 |
| Total |
51.5 bags of cans |
2007 We've Got Plans for Your Cans Results
| 2007 Participating Schools |
Amount of Cans Collected (55 gallon bags) |
| Normandy Elementary, Bay Village |
16 bags or about 432 pounds |
| St. Mary Byzantine School, Cleveland |
10 bags or about 270 pounds |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary, Parma |
20 bags or about 540 pounds |
| Total |
46 bags or about 1,242 pounds |
Together the schools saved 26.1 BTUs of energy, 1,392 gallons of gasoline and 2.96 tons of bauxite. They eliminated 2.96 tons of caustic red mud from being produced during aluminum manufacturing. Recycling one ton of cans is equivalent to running electricity for ten years in one home, so the students recycled enough cans to run the electricity for 5.9 years.
2006 We've Got Plans for Your Cans Results
| 2006 Participating Schools |
Amount of Cans Collected (60 gallon bags) |
| Agnon School, Beachwood |
11 bags or about 297 pounds |
| Berea High School, Berea |
11 bags or about 297 pounds |
| Hannah Gibbons, Cleveland |
4 bags or about 108 pounds |
| Normandy High School, Parma |
28.25 bags or about 762 pounds |
| Paul Revere Elementary, Cleveland |
2 bags or about 54 pounds |
| St. Marks, Cleveland |
About 6 bags or 160 pounds |
| St. Thomas More, Brooklyn |
One bag or about 27 pounds |
| St. Adalbert, Berea |
7.5 bags or about 202.95 pounds |
The total amount of aluminum collected equaled 74.75 bags of cans. Using conversion calculations of crushed and uncrushed cans, approximately 1,908 pounds or nearly a ton of aluminum was recycled.
2005 Results
Each school received five recycling containers to collect their cans that they got to keep. The bags were fifty-five gallons, so the schools collected less bags compared to last year. Thanks to Berea High School, Euclid High School, Beachwood Middle School and Stokes Academy.
2004 Results
1,955 students from seven organizations collected over 400 thirty gallon bags of cans for the entire month of October. Pleasant Valley Elementary, Berea High School, Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland, Charles Mooney Preparatory School and St. Marks School collected enough cans to earn a 40 gallon can crusher bin for their lunchroom. Pleasant Valley Elementary contributed the most bags of cans and won a pizza party.
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