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Green Back to School: By the Numbers
- 49.8 million: Number of students that will attend public elementary and secondary schools in fall 2008.
- 6.2 million: Number of student expected to attend private school this fall.
- 3.3 million: Number of teachers employed by public school systems.
- 240: Pounds of waste generated per student each year.
- 18,760: Pounds of lunch waste created per year by one elementary school.
- $100,000: Amount that is spent on procuring vegetables each year from local farmers at Berkeley Public Schools, which serves 10,000 students.
- 31: Percentage of kids who live less than a mile from school who walk regularly; half of those within a mile of school usually go by car.
- 60,000: Gallons of gasoline that would be saved each day if just 6 percent of those who drive less than a mile would walk instead.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, HealthySchoolLunches.org, wasteonline.org.uk, americabikes.org, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
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