Rock Island
High School's recycling program was founded by and is fully operated by
the Environmental Action Club. Every week a dozen dedicated members use
their free time to collect paper recycling form each of
the schools one hundred plus rooms. Each week we also collect the cans
students have recycled from various places throughout the school. In
the 2004-2005 school year recycling consisted of literally what we
could carry. Once a week students went out with a cardboard box and
loaded themselves with as much paper as we could carry. In the
2005-2006 school year we received a great boost 
to
productivity thanks
to Mrs. Wolber. Thanks to an assortment of carts we were then
capable of gathering much more paper in less time. In the
beginning of the 2006-2007 school year we received some unfortunate
news. The company that had in the past picked up our recycling raised
its rates, and was no longer an option for the E.A.C. Another company
was in our price range, but they had one challenging requirement; paper
had to be sorted into regular paper bins and newspaper/magazine bins.
Fortunately, many teachers helped by pre-sorting their recycling. While
an inconvenience, the E.A.C. kept pace and still manages to sort
the
paper as it is collected. Thanks to a grant we were able to obtain two
blue bins for every room. Since then our volume has been increasing
regularly, to the point where our carts can no longer contain it. Now
we use large wheeled containers from the recycling
company, and as of the 2008-2009 school year, no longer have to sort
different types of paper. Currently we fill seven containers a week.
This equates to
just under a ton of paper a month.
to
productivity thanks
to Mrs. Wolber. Thanks to an assortment of carts we were then
capable of gathering much more paper in less time. In the
beginning of the 2006-2007 school year we received some unfortunate
news. The company that had in the past picked up our recycling raised
its rates, and was no longer an option for the E.A.C. Another company
was in our price range, but they had one challenging requirement; paper
had to be sorted into regular paper bins and newspaper/magazine bins.
Fortunately, many teachers helped by pre-sorting their recycling. While
an inconvenience, the E.A.C. kept pace and still manages to sort
the
paper as it is collected. Thanks to a grant we were able to obtain two
blue bins for every room. Since then our volume has been increasing
regularly, to the point where our carts can no longer contain it. Now
we use large wheeled containers from the recycling
company, and as of the 2008-2009 school year, no longer have to sort
different types of paper. Currently we fill seven containers a week.
This equates to
just under a ton of paper a month.