Eco Presentation

.On Monday we had and ECO presentation and we learned a lot about recycling. We learned that anything you put in the garbage goes to the landfill and that it stays there for years and years. We were told that Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is stated in order of importance with Reduce being the most important. We are now "recycling minions" and we will be doing our best to recycle wherever we go. 

For the red box, we learned "If you can rip it, you can recycle it". 

This means paper, popcorn bags, paper towels, wrapping paper, and our harvest fresh lids. 

For the blue box, we learned that many plastic, glass and aluminum items can go in there. You can also put lunchable containers, juice boxes, dirty harvest fresh aluminum containers as long as you try to scrape out the food, and so much more! 

Additionally we learned that: 

• You should reuse plastic cutlery

• You should avoid all Styrofoam as it takes billions of years to decompose

Things that cannot go in the recycle bin:

Kool-Aid jammers, straws, wrappers and food. 

Students were encouraged to have a voice and to remind adults to recycle. 

You can help your child at home by discussing materials that you recycle at home and by encouraging reducing and reusing by packing garbage free lunches in r usable containers or reduced waste lunches.

In the week to come, we will be continuing to learn about reducing, reusing, recycling and the things we can do to help our planet.