Recycling Program

This is an ongoing project, and so the implementation has already occurred. However, maintenance and expansion remain tricky. We have placed small recycling bins in numerous classrooms, which Gables Earth club members sort and recycle once a week, placing items to be recycled in a large dumpster that a recycling company collects. We wish to expand our program significantly: hundreds of classes are located on campus, and we need to put bins at their disposal and possibly increase our pickup days. We also want to expand the type of items we can recycle, since we can, as of now, only recycle paper, cardboard, plastics, and aluminum, with a separate program for used ink cartridges and cell phones (for this program we have strategically placed several drop-off areas around the school). We want to add glass and batteries to the list of recyclable items. We also must dramatically increase awareness and advertising, to encourage others to help and to recycle instead of throw away. So far, we have recycled tons of items, resulting in the company picking up our recycling more times per week, and many students becoming interested in our efforts, but we can always do more.