What are ways to get teenagers to join a high school recycling club? ?

Question

It would be during lunch and involves some heavy lifting. I was already thinking about doing pizza once a month. Any other ideas?

Answer 1

I don't know what you're thinking exactly, but my class, now to be sophomores, initiated the "Green" thing at our school this past year. Each week, we empty all the bins (I don't know how big your school is, but ours is very small) and then a recycling truck comes every two weeks to empty out the big bins outside. All of this is done for free because we presented it to our teachers and it got approved by our school officials, who were able to share our desire with recycling crews who added us to their route and supplied us with the bins for no cost.

Put up lots of flyers - recycle them later! ;-) - and get as many adults involved as you can. We had t-shirts made for the kick-off we had on Earth Day where we had food (all green-colored) and planted a tree on the campus.

Hope this helps and good luck!