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Written by Leah Schatz
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 Have you ever seen students after school going from class to class with rolling trash bins? This is the recycling team.
This organization started last year and is comprised of 8-10 students. They gather all the bottles, cans, and paper, and sort the recycle bins. Trash that students put into recycle bins are hand picked out by the recycling team. They then bring the trash and recycling outside and put it into its proper bins. Ms. Whitcomb said these recycling practices have, “reduced the amount of trash by 50 percent from last year.”
Alex Ngure is the head of the operation but he realizes that if there isn’t a student willing to take over it will cease to exist. There aren’t enough custodians and time to do it, so the school needs volunteer students who are willing to help out and save the environment.
How can we improve? “Students need to be more conscientious,” says Ms. Whitcomb. The easiest thing anyone can do is to put your trash in the trash bin, and your paper, bottles, and cans in the recycling bins. You can also volunteer with recycling. Anyone can join and they meet every Tuesday and Friday after school in the cafeteria for a half hour to forty-five minutes.
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