The members of this group had a long road ahead of them when they started the eco club. The town had stopped its recycling program, so these students decided to do something about it! They went to town hall meetings and requested the town to rethink or work around their unfortunate need to shut down the town recycling collection. The town was galvanized by this group, and they created a recycling drop off location in town. Change X gave the group the money to purchase recycling bins for each classroom in the high school and elementary, so the group is responsible for collecting, sorting, and delivering the recycling to the town drop off. This year, at the request of our special education teachers, we have partnered with a couple of really cool students with special needs to help us collect and sort the recycling. With further funding, we would like to purchase large, labeled recycling bins in the school commons and cafeteria areas for a greater environmental impact and less trash for our custodians to have to haul each day!
We plan on spending the seed funding on bins and labels. Our school will benefit from this project because, not only are we helping the environment, the people at our school are learning an important lesson on how to recycle and why. Practicing recycling in elementary and high school is something that kids will carry on for the rest of their lives, and I'm excited that our school is encouraging it.
