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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Perhaps you should look at the wonderful detention students who assist the custodians after school. I have seen them dumping both the recycling and the trash cans into one garbage. Park may be “green” on the surface, but not wholly green at all.
I heard the same thing as ‘Deferrari’. It’s all just going in the trash bin, and nothing is being recycled in the end. Are we really going green? I think not.
When will the story on who or what sorts the gigantic pile of trash be coming out? I’ll be interested to know if our efforts in recycling are really even worth it. If we really want to do something we should get students at our school to sign up to go clean up the trash along highway 61 because it looks terrible right now.