As you know, we have been collecting and recycling plastic film during this entire school year. So far, we have collected 1,789 pounds of plastic and are hoping to hit our goal of 2,000 pounds by the end of the school year, which we are on track to do!
The plastic your children bring into school gets sent to Jewel. Then Jewel sends it off to their distribution center, where they bale it into 1,000 pound bales. After Jewel has 40,000 pounds of plastic film, a company called TREX sends it to their manufacturing facility located in Winchester, Virginia. TREX makes items such as the bench we earned and deck boards. They melt down the plastic with recycled wood dust from flooring and cabinets to create these items.
Thank you so much for your cooperation, we are continuing to help the environment one plastic bag at a time.
The project has been so successful that we made it on CBS Channel 2 News.
Audrey, Hallie, and Brianna
5th Graders in Mr Robinson’s class
