Students to Compete in Recycling Contest
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The city’s elementary school students are seeing firsthand how recycling benefits the community through a program that turns empty soda containers into picnic tables.
Kids CARE (Civic Awareness and Recycling Education), a city-run program funded by the state Department of Conservation, aims to raise youngsters’ awareness of the environment.
After hearing a talk on waste prevention and recycling, the children compete in a monthlong contest to collect two-liter soda bottles and other plastic containers.
Included in the program is a commendation ceremony by the City Council, along with certificates, hats, T-shirts and a tour of the recycling facility where the bottles are processed into picnic tables.
At the end of the lesson, a table bearing a plaque recognizing the school is placed in a local park. So far, the green plastic tables have been installed at Vaqueros, Wagner, Goldenrod and Tri-City parks through efforts of students at Van Buren, Wagner, Morse Avenue and Sierra Vista elementary schools.
Information: (714) 993-8232.
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