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School Recycling

Program Responsibilities

Below are the responsibilities of all involved at the school level:

Principal

  • granting permission to run the program at the school
  • stressing awareness of program throughout the school population

Teachers

  • two or three committed leaders to run the program with a group of students
  • in-class education about recycling
  • select students to monitor and collect recycling

Students

  • Divide waste paper from classroom trash
  • Collect paper from other classroom to be deposited
  • Check for contamination
  • Deposit classroom materials into centrally located receptacle

Facilities Manager

  • Collect from larger bins
  • Store in clear plastic bags
  • Set out curbside on collection day


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