When the lunch bell rings at Mount Shasta High School on Tuesday afternoons, members of the Key Club don’t head to Burger King for a bite to eat.
Instead, they round up all their school’s recycling and head outdoors to sort plastic from glass and aluminum.
The three large bins are then picked up by the Siskiyou Opportunity Center, said president Ariana Kosel. All the proceeds from the recycling are donated back to the Key Club.
“I think this is a good thing to do on a weekly basis,” said Kosel, as she and other club members rooted through trash cans for recyclable treasure. “It gives us all an opportunity to get involved in fundraising more frequently.”
Though some pieces of trash are occasionally found in the mix of bottles and cans, Kosel said MSHS students have been better this year at remembering which bins are for trash and which are for recycling.
“People at our school are great,” Kosel said. “It’s so nice to see the student body as a whole backing us. Sometimes, you’ll see someone who isn’t even in the Key Club tell someone not to throw their can in the trash, and move it into one of the recycling bins.”
About every three weeks, the club collects one full bin of glass, aluminum and plastic that would otherwise have been placed in landfills, Kosel explained.
“It’s a great project because we’re doing something good for the earth and raising money for our club at the same time.”
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When the lunch bell rings at Mount Shasta High School on Tuesday afternoons, members of the Key Club don’t head to Burger King for a bite to eat.
Instead, they round up all their school’s recycling and head outdoors to sort plastic from glass and aluminum.
The three large bins are then picked up by the Siskiyou Opportunity Center, said president Ariana Kosel. All the proceeds from the recycling are donated back to the Key Club.
“I think this is a good thing to do on a weekly basis,” said Kosel, as she and other club members rooted through trash cans for recyclable treasure. “It gives us all an opportunity to get involved in fundraising more frequently.”
Though some pieces of trash are occasionally found in the mix of bottles and cans, Kosel said MSHS students have been better this year at remembering which bins are for trash and which are for recycling.
“People at our school are great,” Kosel said. “It’s so nice to see the student body as a whole backing us. Sometimes, you’ll see someone who isn’t even in the Key Club tell someone not to throw their can in the trash, and move it into one of the recycling bins.”
About every three weeks, the club collects one full bin of glass, aluminum and plastic that would otherwise have been placed in landfills, Kosel explained.
“It’s a great project because we’re doing something good for the earth and raising money for our club at the same time.”
