St. Albans school partners with city to promote recycling - WCHS
St. Albans school partners with city to promote recycling
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WCHS) — A St. Albans school has partnered with the city to promote recycling and keep the environment clean.
Just a few weeks after meeting the city recycling company, a group of fifth graders at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School took matters into their own hands and started a recycling project.
"I learned what happens when things get taken to the company, and something really cool is that with paper, they can just wash all the ink off," fifth grade student Sagrada Lopez said.
It's a task these students look forward to every Friday. Students go classroom to classroom, picking up recycled items.
Teacher Loren Lodge said they have noticed that the school is putting out less and less trash and more recyclables as the project moves forward.
"As the kids get older, they need to be able to know how to take care of the environment and to teach younger generations how to do it too," Lodge said.
A study from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows recycling rates have decreased from 70% in 1960 to only 32% now.
"We see an uptick in cardboard boxes and Amazon boxes, just things they are bringing from home," Lodge said.
Students at St. Francis hope that by showing the benefits of recycling, other schools will join in to help create a healthier planet.
"St. Francis is a leadership school, so we want to show great examples to other schools," Lopez said.
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