Free Forum on Recycling in K-12 Schools

Free Forum on Recycling in K-12 Schools

Many New Jersey schools lack an effective recycling system or fail to make their system visible to students. As a result, a valuable opportunity is lost—the chance to reinforce some of the key scientific and environmental concepts being taught in schools today.

Educators will have the opportunity to learn how to involve students and staff in recycling at a free forum on April 11 on optimizing recycling at K-12 schools and higher education institutions. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The program runs from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The forum will include a presentation by Dr. Nicholas Smith-Sebasto of Montclair State University, who will describe an in-vessel food residuals composting project at Montclair. Seventh graders from Lavallette Elementary School will show the PowerPoint presentation they created to train their school’s students and staff about the exemplary recycling program that the school has instituted. Students from Rowan University will discuss how they improved recycling on their campus, and Priscilla Hayes, executive director of the Solid Waste Resource Renewal Group, will make a presentation on lessons learned from successful K-12 school food waste programs in several states.

The event, which will be held at Rowan Hall on the Rowan University campus, is being hosted by the Solid Waste Resource Renewal Group at Rutgers University’s Agricultural Experiment Station, Rowan University and Sodexho Campus Services.

For more information, contact Priscilla Hayes by e-mail, and to register, contact Ellen Vastola at (732) 932-9155, ext. 233, or by e-mail.

NJSBA is one of the event’s sponsors. Other sponsors include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TerraCycle, PSE&G, Trenton Fuel Works and Bayshore Recycling.