Hello All!
The kids have been noticing a lot of trash and litter out on our recess playground, and other places, and have become excited about trying to spread the word about proper disposal of trash and recycling. To learn more about this, the third grade team invited Mr. Tony Hayes from Loudoun County Waste Management to talk to our classes about recycling, landfills, and how to correctly sort items for trash or reuse. He came today to present his information!
We also learned that plastic bottle caps can be recycled, BUT ONLY if they are ATTACHED to the bottle! If they are not attached, the machines that sort the plastics have a hard time picking out the lids, and they often end up being sent to waste because of this! In order to raise awareness about the importance of recycling and to show others what we can do with recycled materials, the third grade students have decided to collect bottle caps to donate to a company that recycles them and will make them into a trash can for us to put on the playground (yay to raising awareness about recycling AND solving our litter problem on the playground!). Here's the catch...we have to collect 500lbs of bottle caps! We have started a collection in our room and already have 14 caps!
The kids had the idea to create posters to spread the word about what can be recycled, and about our collection of plastic caps/lids, so the entire school could help us collect more! We will also be visiting different classrooms and giving presentations on our project to solicit more help. We'll be creating posters this week to hang in our school hallways and near trash receptacles, and start the work on our presentations next week!
Please collect at home as well! All caps/lids must be clean. Here are the acceptable types of caps and lids:
Thank you in advance for helping us with our collection! The kiddos are VERY excited about this!
Feel free to contact me with any questions you have about our project!
Mrs. Martinson
