Instead, the current staff was told to add emptying recycling bins to their already-busy schedule. Partly encouraged by SGR's work, the Blair administration has now taken steps to correct the recycling problem. According to Buliding Services Manager James Brown, brand new recycling bins have been brought to the school, and the custodial staff now has time to empty them daily. Brown estimates that there are about 300 new receptacles at Blair. Brown also says that the materiasls to be recycled will be picked up from the school much more frequently than is standard.
Most schools get their recycling picked up once a month.
We'll get it picked up twice a week. The new receptacles are a great aid in recycling, but SGR is still working to get students to use them. Kids will have to learn. For SGR members like Choy, student participation in recycling means not defiling recycling bins with trash or trash bins with recycling. Showing their creative side, many SGR members have created their own attractive boxes for recycling.