Recycling part of culture at Bartlett school
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At Bartlett’s Liberty Elementary School, recycling isn’t just a passing fad. It’s a way of life.
During lunch, students dispose of their leftover food before sorting their packaging into various bins for cookie wrappers, drink pouches, potato chip bags and other items.
If they forget, the lunchroom staff reminds them.
This has been the culture at Liberty since art teacher Heather Lass started the TerraCycle program at the school.
TerraCycle accepts hard-to-recycle objects like used glue sticks and mp3 players and recycles them into products such as clipboards and tote bags that they sell online or through national retailers.
Large recyclers, like schools, can open an account on TerraCycle’s website and track their progress, earning 2 cents for every item they send in. So far, students at Liberty have collected more than 20,000 items, earning more than $500 for the school.