The students and staff of the Academy for Business & Technology Elementary School took another step forward in becoming an "Environmentally Green" school and workplace with the kick-off of a new Recycling Program.

Students and staff joined together this afternoon for a Pep Rally to learn and get excited about Recycling!  Midstates Recycling Services has worked with our Green Team to help implement a recycling program that will be user friendly.  Every classroom and office throughout the building now has a cardboard PAPER container and there are PLASTIC BOTTLE bins located near each water fountain -- on both the main floor and upstairs.  The students learned what sort of materials CAN and CANNOT be put into these recycling bins.  Students are encouraged to bring in recycleable items from home too:  paper, plastic bottles and cardboard (borken down, please).

Each month Midstates will provide our school with an Ecological Report that will show how many pounds of paper we recycled and how our efforts had a positive effect on the environment.  If everyone gets involved, we can make a world of difference!

Thanks to members of the Green Team for making this long-standing dream of having a recycling program at our school a reality and to Midstates helping us take these first steps.