Eight months ago the Life Skills program at San Benito High
School placed five recycling bins around campus – donated by Waste
Management – to make people more aware of recycling and not to
throw their recyclables in trash cans.
Eight months ago the Life Skills program at San Benito High School placed five recycling bins around campus – donated by Waste Management – to make people more aware of recycling and not to throw their recyclables in trash cans.
Life Skills 1 teacher Tania De Leon said she would like to see a recycling bin by every trash can. With more trash cans than recycling bins, recyclables often end up in the trash bins, she said.
De Leon said that on a weekly average, the Life Skills class will earn $30 to $40 on the recyclables, depending on weather constraints. The money raised from bins goes toward classroom supplies and cooking lessons, she said.
De Leon said she hopes the recycling program shows her kids the positive outcome of recycling, that it helps the environment. De Leon said she hopes people will spread the word about the recycling bins on campus.
“(We) put it in the bulletin,” De Leon said.
Before the recycling bins were placed on campus, students would collect cans and bottles from trash cans. Due to health and safety reasons, the students could no longer do that.
Materials that can be recycled are glass, aluminum, paper, concrete, textiles, computers, wood, batteries and metal.
