Last Wednesday, my daughter’s school hosted a Campus Clean Up. The Recycling Committee hosted the clean up. We decided to do it last week to get the children in gear for Earth Day coming up on April 22nd.
We brought in garbage from our own homes. Bins were brought in as well and labeled: “Garbage”, “Compost”, “Recycle”, “Terracycle“* and “Donate”.
We explained how not all garbage is garbage. There is so much more we can do with items we no longer need.
It was fun! We dumped the garbage on the floor and had children come up and see if they knew which bin to place the items in. The older children seemed to understand more than the little ones. But even the little ones knew about recycling.
Check out this craft one of the moms brought in – all made from recycled materials.
We then had the children color on long strips of paper some Earth Day pictures.
Then it was time to go outside and clean up! The little ones picked up trash on the playgrounds and courtyards. (We did have to add some “trash” as the school was pretty clean.)
The bigger kids had buckets of soapy water and cleaned the playground.
*About TerraCycle TerraCycle, Inc. is an international upcycling and recycling company that takes difficult-to recycle-packaging and turns it into affordable, innovative products. Founded in 2001, TerraCycle is the world’s leader in the collection and reuse of non-recyclable post-consumer waste. TerraCycle works with more than 40 major brands in the U.S. and around the world to collect used packaging and products that would otherwise be destined for landfills. It repurposes that waste into new, innovative materials and products that are available online and through major retailers. For information on how to join a TerraCycle Brigade and on purchasing TerraCycle products please visit www.terracycle.com.
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Looks like everyone had a great time!
What a cool idea! I know I would have SO MUCH FUN with that!
Our preschool is doing this too
that is a great idea to get kids involved.
Great way to get the message across to kids.
That looks like a great idea!
Fun! I hope that my kids’ school does stuff like this when they’re in school.
What a fun way to educate kids about recycling and reusing. Love it!
That’s awesome! I remember doing something like that in elementary school & it really stuck with me.
looks like so much fun!
What a great way to get the kids involved!
Oh how fun!!! Good way to teach kids how to recycle.
What a great learning experience! My son’s daycare has been teaching kids about recycling this month as well.
How great to get the kids involved. You gotta love that bottle person with the heart chain. Awesome
Such a wonderful way to get kids involved and caring about the environment!
That ‘upcycled’ person is a really creative craft to make out of ‘garbage’. 🙂
This is so cool.
I can only imagine how excited the kids were to be part of the event!
What a great idea! I love that the kids look like they enjoy cleaning!!
What a great project!
I love it when children are participants in community service projects!
That is such a fantastic project for Earth Day! I don’t think our schools in my neighborhood do anything like that!
What a great idea!
That is so great! I love that they included the kids so they can see the hard work others put in to keeping their space clean. They’ll value it all the more.
Very Cool! Thanks for sharing about Terracycle I had never heard of it before and wondered what it was.
Great job!!
Looks like great activities.
How cool is this? My son’s school does clean up days sometimes in the community.
It is good to expose kids on community service early!
Love that they got the kids involved.
What a fantastic idea. We do something similar in my class, but not as involved.
This is great fun cleaning up!
What fun!
That is such a great idea to get the kids involved!
What a great way for kids to get involved and learn!
Great way to get kids involved.
Great activities! It looks like they all had fun.