Recycling Update
News from the Primary School
Thanks to the many students who turned in their entries for a name for their recycling club. The challenge was announced to them before winter break. On January 31, the first grade students and teachers voted for a name for the Primary School recycling club. They unanimously picked The little blue bin. The lucky winner of this delightful contest was Felipa Schmidt from Grade 3. She won a gift certificate to Baskin Robbins! Congratulations, Felipa.
It is yet again time to thank and applaud our Primary School recyclers. They have all been diligently checking my blue folder for their turns and enthusiastically participating on their scheduled days. Listed below are the names of the students who participated from January 24 – February 18:
Grade 1: Madison Cunninghis, Thibault Leudet de la Vallée, Gabrielle Paskins, Andréa Prentout, Alexandre Ramtoula, Cage Reeder, Sahir Shahryar, Dylan Shayne and Sarah Siraj
Grade 3: Colin Leach, Julia Masselos, Peter Mastin, Blake McDaniel, Louise McGirt, Keanu Mitanga, Aigbekan Nosegbe, Naomi O’Halloran, Lucas Perus, Clémence Petre, Benjamin Ramtoula and Isabella Strong
Grade 4: Sarah Jactel, Shea Johnson, Michael Kolias, Tristan Litré, Olivia Lodise, Imogen Martin, Myrtil Mitanga, Sevana Ohanian, Shant Ohanian, Helen Recaborde, Sydni Session and Sophia Super
Grade 5: Kilian Fischer, Prianka Giridharadas, Paula Hunt, Christina Lanier, Liam Sohi and Nicolas Tailhardat
Awareness day at AIS was a huge success. The recycling police did a great job giving out tickets. We hope that all those who received a ticket on February 1 have paid up. If not, please do so at your earliest convenience. The fine box is in the main office.
Food for thought
Styrofoam - Polystyrene (#6) is not recyclable - you cannot make it into new styrofoam.
Each year Americans throw away 25,000,000,000 Styrofoam cups (Source: The Green Consumer, 1990).
Even 500 years from now, the foam coffee cup you used this morning will be sitting in a landfill (Source: The Recycler’s Handbook, 1990).
Glass: Americans throw away enough glass bottles and jars every two weeks to fill two 1,350-foot towers, higher than the Empire State Building at 1,250 feet. Most bottles and jars contain at least 25 percent recycled glass. Glass never wears out - it can be recycled forever.