How can I get a recycling system in my school?

Question

I am a senior in high school and just recently became active in recycling. My school does not have a recycling program and I was wondering if anybody had any ideas on how I could get one up and running in my school. I graduate in May but would like to have one there for future environmentally concerned students.

Answer 1

I started one in my grandsons school by going to the local beautification center, they set our school up with a recycling center. They brought us cans and they have a regular pick-up day once a month. For inside the classrooms we sent letters home to parents thru the PAT asking for storage bins (large sz works good) . We also plan on staging a Pep rally and sponsering a contest inside the school. All classes will decorate their tubs with a recycling theme. Winning classrooms will get a pizza party!!! It was all done at no cost to the school, pretty cool!

Answer 2

this depends on where you live :) if you have a cafeteria in your school you can build a composting system.

gather a team of environmentalist friends, also students like you, and propose to the principle that you gather all organic waste in the school's backyard or smtg and from composting you get plant feeder. :) you can find on the Internet enough resources and information on how to build a composter.

if you also want to recycle plastic paper and other stuff, you can call-up a recycling company and tell them either to pick up your school's waste or your school to transport it for them. that implies a lot of voluntary work ...(last idea: sell the plant feeder and with the money earned get to transport recyclable waste to a recycling center)

Answer 3

Does your school have clubs? Try working with a counselor or a teacher to create a recycling club. Like in my school they have that and they put boxes in each classroom and collect them every wendsday  and there filled with paper that can be recycled

Answer 4

Well, I'm a senior too and i have a recycling program now. the thing i did was to tell the principle about it. tell him/her that wasting paper is bad to environment. tell him/her that more and more forests are being cut down for paper. also tell him/her that it will help mother earth!!! i hope this helps!!

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