TREX Recycling Challenge

James C. Bush Elementary School is again participating in the TREX Recycling Challenge. TREX utilizes millions of plastic grocery bags each year to create its composite lumber product, keeping this material out of landfills locally and across the country. By building partnerships with schools, students can learn the importance of recycling, keep plastic out of the landfills and be rewarded for their efforts.

We are happy to accept the following plastic in our efforts:

• plastic grocery bags
• stretch film (no household saran wrap)
• plastic department store bags
• water bottle case wrap
• newspaper sleeves
• toilet paper/paper towel over wrap
• dry cleaning bags
• bread/cereal/produce bags
• Ziploc and other re-sealable bags
• ice bags
• salt bags
• bubble wrap

All plastic must be clean, dry and free of food residue!

By reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic film, you and your child can help reduce litter, prevent pollution and save natural resources. Please help by recylcing your plastic bags at James C. Bush Elementary School--February 1, 2016 through April 22, 2016. This program is brought to you by our school, the McHenry County School Environmental Education Program (MCSEEP), the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, and the McHenry County Department of Health and Environmental Health.