The students help conserve natural resources and extend landfill life by recycling. These skills involve separating paper such as computer paper, magazines, newspaper, white stock paper and mixed colored stock paper. Since the Program's inception in 1992, students have processed and recycled over 172-thousand pounds of paper. Students then, depending on their skill level, participate in the assembly line recycling process which includes placing the collected recyclable materials in the correct container. Materials may include white paper, mixed colored paper, computer paper, waste paper, crayons, plastic grocery bags, newspaper, 3M overhead transparency, plastic six pack rings, magazines, paper clips, and rubber bands.
Students enjoy the recycling process for a variety of reasons.
I don't like trees to be cut down because birds build their nests in them. The recyclable paper products are taken to City Carton's facility in Davenport, where the products are baled and shipped to paper mills for recycling. Computer print-out paper, white ledger, unsorted office, magazines and newspapers. They are averaging about 4,000 pounds a month. Fisher says Klockau has been very helpful developing and improving the Center's Recycling Program.