The Recycling Commission in Longmeadow is involved with all aspects of both residential and school related recycling education in Longmeadow. We view the schools as a very important part of the success of our town’s recycling efforts. To that end, we work closely with the town’s waste/recycling hauler (Waste Management) as well as the school administration and custodians on the recycling practices in the schools. Paper of all sort as well as bottles and cans are currently being recycled in all of our schools.

By educating elementary school students about recycling, we are also educating their parents. Towns with strong recycling programs in their schools have greater success with their curbside and drop off recycling efforts. To that end, the Recycling Commission wishes to bring to Blueberry Hill Elementary School the wonderful environmental educator, Jack Golden, and his presentation “Garbage is my Bag.”

Jack’s connection with the students and his message is exceptional. Students are fully engaged, while learning facts and developing a long-lasting enthusiasm for recycling. As Dr. T in “Garbage Is My Bag,” he has performed in thousands of schools, theaters, and conferences, reaching well over 1 million minds with his upbeat and accurate message of recycling. He has won numerous awards for these presentations including the EPA’s Administrators Award for Recycling Education.

Jack Golden has said, “Recycling has become an entry point for environmental awareness. Particularly for school kids, recycling is often the first lesson in environmental stewardship that they get.  The positive, “hands on” experiences that people have to recycling leads them on to other environmental issues like water conservation, over population, and climate change.

Budget needed:

Presentation = $600

Miscellaneous expenses = $25

Total: $625 for entire program

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