Establishing and maintaining effective recycling programs in schools is an extraordinary challenge, given the many pitfalls of low administrative priority, a distracted population, and under-motivated custodians. I certainly encountered these and other impediments in the process of helping Princeton Regional Schools revive its recycling programs. The high school was perhaps the hardest to make any progress with, though with great effort we were able to lift the school's recycling program, at least for awhile, above many others in the area (according to a truck operator who did pickups of recyclables at various businesses and schools.)A list of lessons learned from the effort, applicable to recycling in any building, can be found at www.recyclingcontainers.blogspot.com.
OASIS is making as much progress as anyone in overcoming entropy and apathy. Should be an excellent program. OASIS announcement below:
EVENT IS THIS TUESDAY 1/24 4:30pm --Great speakers!
OASIS (Organizing Action on Sustainability in Schools) and the Princeton
Public Library
Waste NOT in Schools
Did you know that the average American creates 4.4 lbs of garbage every
day?
What are schools doing to reduce waste, to teach students about waste, to
help us understand that we can't throw it away because there is no "away"?
Learn from some of New Jersey's experts at a panel discussion featuring:
Dr. Kevin Lyons, Rutgers University
Norm Torkelson, Hopewell Valley Regional Schools
Dr. Joy Barnes-Johnson, Princeton High School
Jan. 24 at 4:30 in the Princeton Public Library Community Room.
Refreshments graciously provided by The Bent Spoon.
A prize will be given to the school with the most participants.
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