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Release: May
28, 2007
NIPISSING ENVIRONMENTAL WATCH &
LAKE NIPISSING STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
8,535
Pounds of Dead Batteries Collected!
High
school students across the District of Nipissing collected an amazing
8,535 pounds, (4,305 kilograms), of dead batteries in our Sixth Annual
Used Household Battery Collection Competition.
That is equivalent to almost 200,000
AA size batteries and represents a 55% increase over last year.
Congratulations
to the students of F. J. McElligott Secondary School in Mattawa for
collecting the most batteries per student and winning first prize of
$500. The students of F. J.
McElligott collected 3.97 pounds (1.80 kilograms) of batteries per
student. Northern Secondary
School of Sturgeon Falls won a second place prize of $200 by collecting
3.78 pounds (1.71 kilograms) of batteries per student.
Honourable
mention must be extended to St. Joseph - Scollard Hall for collecting
2,600 pounds of batteries and Chippewa Secondary School for collecting
2,035 pounds of batteries. The
weigh-in results are as follows:
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School
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Pounds
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Kilograms
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#
of Students
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Lbs./
Student
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K/
Student
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Algonquin École Secondaire
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29
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13.1544
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540
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0.05
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0.02
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Almaguin
Highland Secondary
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615
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278.964
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755
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0.81
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0.37
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Chippewa
Secondary
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2,035
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923.076
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880
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2.31
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1.05
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F. J.
McElligott Secondary School
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794
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360.1584
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200
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3.97
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1.80
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Nbisiing
Secondary School
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224
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101.6064
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60
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3.73
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1.69
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Northern
Secondary School
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1,681
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762.506
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445
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3.78
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1.71
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St. Joseph
– Scollard Hall
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2,640
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1,197.50
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1,100
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2.40
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1.09
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West
Ferris Secondary
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348
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157.8528
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880
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0.40
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0.18
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Widdifield
Secondary
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169
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76.6584
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930
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0.18
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0.08
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Totals
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8,535
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4,305.32
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5,790
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While the battery collection competition
diverts tons of batteries from the local landfill, it also helps to
raise the awareness of thousands of students and their friends and
families about environmental issues and, in particular, about the proper
disposal of hazardous waste. In
North Bay, batteries and other hazardous waste should be taken to the
Household Hazardous Waste Depot at 112 Patton Street.
Over
the past six years, Nipissing District high school students have
collected over 35,000 pounds of used household batteries as follows:
|
Year of Competition
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Pounds
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Kilograms
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2002
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2,574
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1,168
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2003
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5,435
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2,467
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2004
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5,711
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2,590
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2005
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7,422
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3,366
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2006
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5,501
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2,495
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2007
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8,535
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4,305
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Grand Total Collected
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35,178
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16,391
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Nipissing Environmental Watch and the
Lake Nipissing Stewardship Council would like to thank the TD
Friends of the Environment Foundation for generously funding this
competition.
For
further information, please contact Trevor Schindeler at 495-0925 (home)
or
474-7600 ext. 5407 (office).
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