What does a Co-chair of a Recycling Committee do?

Co-Chair of Recycling Committee Green Team

Communications Director Duties

• Take minutes at the Green team meetings- distribute minutes for review before next meeting.
• Take minutes for all Recycling committee meetings- distribute minutes for review before next meeting.
• Contact Green Team members who act as activities representative and interview them or get them to write an “after action” report to establish protocols for future years.
• Keep an updated Recycling Committee telephone/contact list.
• Be the Green Team representative on the AAS Food committee and attend their monthly meetings, take notes and report back to Green Team
• Meet and communicate with Head of Transportation and Zhenya regarding Recycling protocol
• Arrange for new recycling bins and plastic bags to be purchased and distributed as needed.
• Communicate (sharing protocols and expectations) with Honeywell and their successors.
• Communicate with Finance Director (e.g. purchase of bins, liners, signage; relationship with Honeywell)
• Communicate with Facilities manager regarding recycling storage as required.
• Communicate with Green Guys for the "Recycle Here" signs to be hung throughout the school.
• Ask Zhenya the time of pickup and delivery for Friday.
• Type up bi-lingual labels for Recycling Bins, email to Tatania, after they are printed and laminated distribute
• Supervise Thursday’s sort as needed
• Actively recruit new members to Recycling Committee- participate in their training.

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.