Guam School Recycling Bin Filled in One Day
by Trey Granger
Published on September 17th, 2007
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The Pacific Daily News writes about a new program in Guam that promotes recycling aluminum in schools. The “I-Recycle” program started on September 6, and provides cash incentives to 40 schools that fill up their bins.
The Guam Adventist Academy, one of the participating schools, filled a 300-pound bin in just one day. The school, which has 110 students, received $270 from Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corp.
While Guam is a U.S. territory, its recycling rate for aluminum is far below the U.S. average and almost six percent of Guam’s municipal solid waste is from aluminum cans. For more on the benefits of recycling aluminum, visit Earth 911’s Aluminum Can Recycling page.
