In California, recycling is easy. We have a big blue trash can to put the recycling in, and the garbage company takes it away every Wednesday. We do not have to separate it or anything!
This is nothing new for California. A recycling program was already in place when we moved here 13 years ago, when Miss Hailey Pierce was only 5! Well you can imagine her shock when she moved to Rexburg, Idaho and found no recycling anywhere on campus! Her and her roommate Alexa, also from Santa Rosa, found that they couldn't throw recyclable items in the trash. For them recycling is a way of life!!!! They decided to start their own recycling program!
Here they are in front of their dorm room!They are collecting from anyone that brings them their stuff and will bring all they collect to the recycling bins in front of the local Walmart. They have plans to meet with the ABS President at BYU I to see if they can get on-campus recycling bins and there was even talk about a chat with the Mayor of Rexburg! You go girls!!!!! Beautifying Idaho one can at a time!!!!
5 comments:
Already off to college! Go Hailey Green!! When we moved to NV I thought it was crazy too that there wasn't redily available recycle!! She's awesome.
i remember when i moved from sf to provo and couldn't believe there wasn't recycling. it felt so sacriligious to throw a recyclable item away. i remember holding on to all of my coke cans to recycle since byu only recycled bottles. way to go hailey and co.
Way to shake things up in Rexburg, Hailey!
Good Job Haley!! I am proud of you and the impact you can have at BYU-I. You should get the other SR Students to go in with you too. Who knows, maybe the whole city will think more about it and you will really start something BIG and so beneficial.
YEAH!! My family would love to join in the cause!
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