Raleigh County School Recycling Program is Working

My good friend, Sherri Hunter, who is the Director of Education and Outreach for the Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority, issued this report on the county's school recycling program:

"Thirty-four schools in Raleigh County recycled…1,051,973 pounds of paper/cardboard and 6,529 pounds of aluminum. A Grand Total of 529.2 tons of recyclable materials did not enter the landfill during the 2007.08 school year.

Crowned champion at the School Recycling Awards, which took place today at the E. Paul Barley Recycling & Education Center. The Second Semester Recycling Champion is Marsh Fork Elementary. Mabscott Christian Academy relinquished the coveted Stanley Cup of Recycling to Marsh Fork Elementary for recycling the most weight of aluminum Second Semester. For achieving this goal, an award of a $500 bonus will be given to a teacher at Marsh Fork to purchase school supplies for his or her classroom.

Thirty-four schools earned a combined $6,501.23 from the materials recycled during First Semester. The thirteen schools recycling the highest weights for the school year were awarded portions of the $10,100.00 Corporate Green Team Monies. Those schools were:

$2,000 Mabscott Christian Academy ~ 204,248# recycled
$1,750 Fairdale Elementary ~ 120,122# recycled
$1,500 St. Francis de Sales ~ 80,397# recycled
$1,250 Marsh Fork Elementary ~ 55,731# recycled
$1,000 Shady Spring Middle ~ 50,120# recycled
$ 750 Daniels Elementary ~ 47.885# recycled
$ 500 Ghent Elementary ~ 44,293# recycled
$ 400 Shady Spring Elementary ~ 42,205# recycled
$ 250 Shady Spring High School ~ 27,260# recycled
$ 200 Crescent Elementary ~ 26,993# recycled
$ 175 Liberty High School ~ 25,575# recycled
$ 125 Independence Middle ~ 24,800# recycled
$ 100 Greater-Beckley Christian ~ 23,936# recycled

Corporate Green Team Sponsors for the 2007.08 School Year Include:
1. Alliance Consulting
2. American Electric Power
3. Beckley Loan Company
4. Aftermarket Specialists
5. The Register-Herald
6. Walker Machinery
7. Raleigh General Hospital
8. Sam’s Club
9. United Bank
10. First Community Bank
11. MCNB Banks
12. City National Bank
13. Raleigh General Hospital
14. Rist, Higgins and Associates
14. REIC Labs
15. Doug & Shelley Harper

Sherrie A. Hunter, Director of Education
Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority
P.O. Box 989
Beckley WV 25802
Office: (304)255-9335
Cell: (304)573.5194
Fax: (304)255-9336
www.raleigh-swa.org

If Raleigh County can do it, why can't the citizens and businesses in Cabell County get things going? When we recycle - Everybody wins!