January+Service+Day

=January Service Day= Below you'll find pictures and information about our January service day. We visited the Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) and [|Keeping Greater Milwaukee Beautiful.]
 * We learned about the "3 Rs" and composting.
 * We learned that when paper is recycled, it is sent to the MRF and machines pack it into big cubes. They are then sent to paper companies to get reused.
 * We learned that bottles get seperated by color and made into new bottles.
 * We learned that you can only recycle number 1 and 2 plastic objects at the moment. All others go to landfill, but they are working on doing more numbers like 3,4,5,6, and 7.
 * We learned that everything that is thrown away gets sent to landfill. If we don't reduce, recycle, reuse and compost more, the Earth will just turn into a piece of garbage floating in the universe.


 * [[image:Rain_Barrel.jpg width="321" height="243"]] || This is a picture of a rain barrel. Some people just use rain water collected in the barrels for everyday use, like flushing your toilets or taking a shower. ||
 * This is a paper compactor at the Materials Recycling Facility (MRF.) It squashes the paper into big cubes that are sent to companies for their paper needs. || [[image:Paper_Processor.jpg width="384" height="239"]] ||
 * [[image:Trash_in_the_river.jpg width="315" height="191"]] || This is the river bend just outside of the MRF. The trash tends to collect here and it kills animals and harms the environment. ||
 * This is a piece of artwork done all by bottle caps. It's in the Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful building. Try to guess how many bottle caps there was on it before some fell or were pulled off. || [[image:Service_DAY_pHOTO_3.jpg width="340" height="212"]] ||
 * [[image:Service_Day_Photo_5.jpg width="276" height="211"]] || This is the spokeswoman for Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful. She offered us suggestions on how to recycle everyday things like using water caught in rain barrels to take showers and wash dishes. ||
 * This is more trash in the river. Can you believe people throw traffic cones and footballs in? What is in there that shouldn't be? || [[image:Service_Day_Photo_6.jpg width="334" height="271"]] ||
 * This is more trash in the river. Can you believe people throw traffic cones and footballs in? What is in there that shouldn't be? || [[image:Service_Day_Photo_6.jpg width="334" height="271"]] ||