Extreme Lunch Makeover - Energy Conservation Winner


	Extreme Lunch Makeover - Energy Conservation Winner

Marcariel

5-25-2009 11:24 PM

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conservation, contest, landfills, plastics, reusable, waste

Marcariel says:

The ingenuity of a fourth-grader thinking about waste and the impact on our landfills, leads to winning a national contest.

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