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Recycling at Park? A Response from Don Kinney

October 23, 2008

The students were correct, last spring I had detention students help me with the routes upstairs and they were instructed to empty the recycling into the trash, it was a one time thing and it was kind of an emergency. I no longer have detention students helping. The students were also wrong, we do recycle every day, but we need your help. If we find trash in the recycling we empty it into the trash, we do not sort. There is a list on all the recycling baskets that tell you what can be Co-mingled, but we are finding other things like candy wrappers, coffee cups, food wrappers, food waste, Kleenex, pencils and pens. So if you see your fellow students, teachers, administrators, or custodians throwing the wrong items in the wrong baskets, call them on it. Right now we have two dumpsters for trash and one for recycling; our goal is two for recycling and one for trash. If we work together we can do it. GO GREEN
 

 

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Recycling at PHS: All Show or the Real Deal?

October 12, 2008

Many students are curious about the blue trash cans in their classrooms, and speculate on whether or not it matters if they bother to use them. Are all trash cans created equal?  No they are not.  Mick Greiner, the Assistant Director of Facilities in District 833, recently provided information on the recycling program currently implemented at PHS: “The South Washington County School district is in the process of “revamping” its recycling program.  Recently there have been labels installed on all of the blue containers, and posters hung throughout the building.  The school district participates in what is called a “Co-mingled” recycling program. All recyclables can be put into one single container for pick up.  It is our goal to move towards a more “Green” district.”  (Mr. Greiner, Thanks for supporting the green team; Be sure to tell Woodbury that we are going all out GREEN!) 

So what can we pitch into those blue baskets?  A whole bunch of stuff: Paper, magazines, cardboard, newspaper, paper bags, pop cans, tin or steel cans, glass bottles, and plastic bottles can all go into the comingled cans. Who or what sorts through that gigantic pile of comingled trash?  That’s a mystery and a story for another day.  Until then, go Park, go green and go clean. 

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