The Think Green Recycling Challenge rolls on.
Wallingford’s Waste Management route, Friday North,is in ninth place as of the end of November 2012. Hey, we have nowhere to go but up!
But we do have a good chance of winning up to $10,000 for neighborhood projects as a result of monthly Recycling Challenge outreach activities.
Some past activities have been a Halloween costume exchange, no-waste Thanksgiving recipes, recycled-material holiday ornaments along 45th, and a Recycling Challenge display and sorting game at Hamilton International Middle School Science night.
Right now our Friday North route is tied with folks in South Park for the most outreach events in the contest so far, which means if we keep up the pace we will win half of the $10,000 prize.
Here’s how you can help.
For the outreach activity for February, we need at least ten neighbors to finish the sentence: I love recycling because _______________________.
Think about your love for this oh-so-Seattle way to manage waste, and post your response to the comments area below, along with your first name.
For inspiration, four students from John Stanford International School offered their answers:
- I love recycling because it is fun and environmental. It’s fun because you Reuse, Recycle, Reduce and you get to learn about how recycling works. Plus if we recycle, fewer things go in the garbage and you pay less money for your recycling. – Max
- I love recycling because it is fun to learn what things go in recycle bins or garbage and it is cool learning how things get sorted at the Waste Management plant. – Carter
- I love recycling because it’s fun and it helps the environment. If there wasn’t recycling on the planet the earth would overflow with landfill. – Ella
- I love recycling because if you don’t recycle you will have overflowing garbage cans, plus recycling saves money. – Lucas
To see current results of the Think Green Recycling Challenge, including the outreach competition, click here, then scroll down to the bottom of the page. The Recycling Challenge ends March 29.
More thoughts from JSIS students:
– I love recycling because we can make use of things that have already been used. – N.H.
– I love recycling because instead of having paper, cans, etc. go to the landfill they get reused. – N. P-P
– I love recycling because I feel like paper doesn’t belong in garbage. It is fun to divide different things into different bins. – Nathan
– I love recycling because we can make things that we can not use into things we can use. – M.T.
I love recycling because it is so easy to do (no real sorting!) and helps the save the earth from over-population.
I don’t understand the ranking. We are second in increase in tonnage. Why are we ranked 9th?
I love recycling because I can’t stand wasting food–inherited this view from my mom.
@Judy – Friday North has the 2nd highest increase in tonnage of garbage as compared to the same month last year. The goal is to reduce tonnage of garbage from one year to the next. The route in first place has the smallest increase. Ideally, a neighborhood would reduce its volume of garbage but no neighborhood has done that so far.
From Kimberly: I love recycling because it reduces the amount of mining and drilling for natural resources that we have to do.
From Aniela, age 5: I love recycling because it is good for the birds. I don’t want them to eat up the plastic and get sick.
Thanks Barb. I was thinking food/yard waste tonnage.
I love recycling because I get clothes and furniture for very low cost from moving sales and clothing exchanges.
I love recycling because it enables us to reuse our existing materials and reduces the amount of waste in landfills.
I love recycling because it is hopeful. Instead of assuming that the things we are done with are useless, we have hope that they can become something new.
I love recycling in Wallingford where so many people think “how can I re-use this functionally or creatively” before opting for recycling as a considered alternative to simply throwing it away in the garbage.
I love recycling BECAUSE so many people think “how can I re-use this functionally or creatively” before opting for recycling as a considered alternative to simply throwing it away in the garbage.