Sustainability News
Sustainability in Action
What are we recycling? With COVID-19 disrupting some of our recycling norms, here is an updated list of what we are still collecting at St Joseph’s.
Lids 4 Kids are temporarily postponed due to sanitary reasons. Please continue to wash and store your lids, and we will be ready to collect them as soon as this initiative returns.
Sadly, our Easter foil contest was cancelled as well. However, continue to bring in your flattened coloured foils and we can get a head start on next year (idea credit- Sharlene McGurk).
Coffee capsules- these single-use pods are not recyclable in a standard recycle bin, but with thanks to the Collett family, can be recycled through our school system.
Writing tools are also part of our special recycling centre. Pens, markers, crayons and textas are all welcome.
All of these white collection buckets can be found in the Sustainability Corridor, outside 1 Teal.
Batteries! Please do not dispose of these toxic items in your landfill bin. They can be recycled at participating Aldi stores or here at St Joseph’s.
Do not forget to bring in any oral care waste! Toothbrushes, floss containers, tubes, etc. They will all be recycled here through Terracycle.
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”- New England Proverb
Ryan McGee
Sustainability Coordinator