Recycling is becoming a fun part of the lunchtime routine at Alum Creek Elementary School (ACES). This week the school launched a program that allows students to recycle their milk containers. In just the first three days of the program, students recycled more than 1,000 plastic bottles.
The idea to recycle milk bottles came from four fifth-grade students. They sent a letter to ACES administrators, who were happy to help set the program in motion.
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- ACES students enjoy some milk with their lunches.
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- Staff members say more students seem to be choosing milk and finishing it all so that they can participate in the recycling program.
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- Another ACES student enjoys milk with her lunch.
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- A student drops his milk bottle in the recycling container.
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- These ACES fifth graders sent a letter to the principal suggesting the milk-bottle recycling program.
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- Some of the more than 1,000 bottles collected during the first three days of the program.
