Recycling At AAS

The first 3 photos were taken at the paper recycling warehouse where the recycled paper is taken each Friday from our school.

There is a Recycling Room in our school where the recycling is stored until transport on Fridays. The stacks of bags are filled with plastic drink bottles & tin cans. One of the unpleasant tasks we need volunteers for is the Thursday "sort out". The company that takes our bottles and cans will not accept them if they have any liquid in them. So while we are still in the process of educating all students, a team must check every bag and empty them of all garbage and empty all bottles and cans that have been discarded without being emptied. This Thursday scouts Devan & Niels did the sort out with help and supervision from Kath and Me. It took us 1 1/2 hours. And we unfortunately filled 2 large bags with trash taken from the bags. Some of it was moldy food from the cafeteria that really reeked...gross! There was also used kleenex, napkins, Mcdonald's food containers. Some of it was plastic items that the company does not yet accept like take away containers, yogart containers, hangers, cake boxes. I am looking forward to the day when the sort out takes a matter of minutes because everyone at AAS disposes of their recyclables correctly.