LPS Sustainability Program For 2020

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(KFOR NEWS June 9, 2021) Lincoln Public Schools Sustainability Coordinator, Brittney Albin, gave the Board of Education an update Tuesday evening on the school district’s sustainability sustainability efforts, illustrating benefits of the district’s work:

Total pounds recycled: 1,239,743, including 286,408 cardboard products and 333,840 pounds of paper
Total pounds reused: 39,234
Total pounds to landfill: 1,823,003
Diversion rate: 54 percent
Total pounds compost: 902,860
Radon tests: 1,833
Air quality data points: 28,252
Water samples taken: 1,343

Read more about LPS Sustainability, including its work with schools and strategies moving forward, in the 2020 Annual Sustainability Report. The report is available online.