Schools generate about 562,442 tons of trash each year in California. Recycling can help reduce the amount of waste we produce. We can implement recycling through schools by providing easy access to it. This can be done by having one bin for cans and another bin for other waste. Should we recycle in schools to help reduce our carbon footprint?

I think that's a great idea! When I was in grade 7, a couple of my friends and I decided that we wanted to have a recycling program for the soft plastics in our school. We organized to put a bin in every class for people to put their soft plastics and we would come and empty out the bins every Friday. We found somewhere in our neighbourhood who already had a program for recycling soft plastics and they were willing to take ours and do all the rest of the work. I am in high school now but, I believe that they still have this routine. I was thinking that it could be a good thing to add to the school I am at now, but it is a much larger school and would be much more difficult of a task.