Green Team News

On September 9, your children attended an assembly put on by Recycle Smart to kick off a Greener Bancroft!  Last Friday a “waste audit” was led by Recycle Smart and some brave students.  During this audit of the lunch recycle, compost and landfill bins, we found that we have a big opportunity to do our part to help the planet.  We found that there was so much incorrect disposal of the waste that the recycling and compost could not be used as designated and would have been all sent to the landfill.  Here are the statistics of what we found:

• The composting bin only contained 4% of what should have been composted– compost should have been a total of 25.7 lbs
• Only 22% of what was thrown into the Landfill bin was correctly disposed, meaning 78% of items in the Landfill bin could have been recycled or composted. Landfill should have been 3.25 lbs
• 75% of what was thrown in the Recycle bin was actually composting, trash or reusable containers from home! (check the lost and found if yours did not come home!)

Last week, all 3rd-5th grade students will be brought home a Student Green Team application form.  If your child would like to join the team and the movement, please fill it out, sign and return it ASAP.  The team members will take turns helping other students at lunch time to properly dispose of their waste, provide input and ideas on ways to make Bancroft “greener”, all while learning leadership skills. 
Parents you too can get involved!  We desperately need volunteers to help get these students started at lunchtime for the next few weeks, as well as parents who are interested in helping assist with the follow up in class/STEAM lesson plans for each grade.  Please sign up on Konstella for any and all time you can spare.