Waste reduction
Paper usage
- Gunn no longer prints a copy of the 96-page Student Handbook for every student. Students and parents can now either find the handbook online or pick up a hard copy in the main office.
- The main office prints unofficial documents on paper that has already been used on one side.
- Gunn no longer sends a copy of the monthly school newsletter, The Spotlight, to every student. It is now available online.
- Teachers who get unwanted junk mail can get put the mailings in a bin in the main office. Volunteers then call the companies that send the mailings and ask them to remove the teacher from the mailing list.
- Teachers have a limit on the number of pages they are allowed to print.
- Double-sided copying is set as the default on the school's copy machines. The school uses 10% recycled-content paper in the copy room.
- School elections are held online the waste associated with paper ballots.
- The school stocks all bathrooms with unbleached, recycled hand towels and toilet paper.
General
- Reusable Nalgene water bottles with the Green Gunn logo on them are
available for sale in the Student Activities Office. The 1 liter
bottles sell for $10 and the 16 oz. bottles sell for $8.
Energy
- There are hand driers instead of paper towels in the overwhelming majority of school bathrooms.
- Stay tuned for more information!