SCO Places New Recycling Bins

You may have noticed the blue recycling containers scattered about the school – one by the dining hall, another in the lounge, and a third in the gym. The containers, designed for collecting recyclable plastic bottles and aluminum cans, are part of a student run initiative, having been placed there by the wise and beneficent SCO Executive Committee.

The project was planned with input from the head of EMU’s recycling program, Jonathan Lantz-Trissel. Lantz-Trissel suggested using the prominent blue containers (known as “Clear Stream Recyclers”) and allowed EMHS to utilize EMU’s recycling collection area. An announcement about EMHS’s new program was made during the SCO introductory chapel several weeks ago, but the containers were only recently set up.

To help manage this and other recycling projects aimed at promoting good stewardship of resources, the SCO is creating a “Recycling Committee.” This group will ensure that bottles and cans destined for recycling are periodically gathered up, sorted, and taken to EMU’s recycling collection site. The group will also make certain that the sometimes neglected paper recycling bins in various rooms are routinely emptied. Additionally, if the SCO manages to implement some form of composting, the committee will likely a hand in overseeing it. The SCO is always willing to hear new ideas from students; anyone wishing to join the Recycling Committee or offer suggestions may talk to a member of the SCO Executive Committee.   

The SCO believes that each of us has a responsibility to use our limited resources wisely; every bottle, can or paper we recycle is a small step in that direction.

– Dustin Crummett