Recycling for Kids/Schools
Mary Anderson, education director for Bi-County, has worked to
establish recycling teams in 21 of the 38 schools with a goal to have a recycle team in
every CMCSS school, however every school recycles in some way even if there is
not an organized recycle team. The recycling teams are made up students and
teachers who not only promote recycling to their peers but have the
responsibility of gathering the recyclable items throughout the school.
Bi-County provides all of the recycling containers for the schools. Recycling
services for three private schools in the community – Clarksville Academy, Tabernacle
Christian School and Immaculate Conception School, are also provided through
Bi-County.
Bi-County increases its sustainability efforts through recycle
teams within schools, educating students and others in the communities they
serve at events like Rivers & Spires, Riverfest, America Recycles Day, and
Career Day for all eighth grade students in Clarksville-Montgomery County under
the direction of Bi-County Education Director Mary Anderson.
There are a total of 38 schools in the Clarksville-Montgomery
County School System (24 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 7 high schools and a middle college. Bi-County serves every school’s recycling needs for paper
and cardboard and over 20 schools for plastic recyclables. A percentage of the recycling proceeds are given back to the schools to be used for student instructional
needs.
