With the start of the new school year, a new waste dispersal program is being launched at Grainwood and throughout the district. Through a partnership with Mdewakanton Sioux and DSI, our local garbage collector, the district has started a new "Organics" recycling practice at the Mdewakanton Sioux compost site near Jeffers Pond Elementary. With the implementation of organics recycling, less waste and more compostable material will be collected throughout the district. Students are being taught to differentiate between organic material (food, milk cartons, paper towels, waxed paper, pencil shavings, paper plates and cups, plants, kleenex, pizza boxes, paper with glue or water-based paints, etc.) and trash (soft plastics, soft metals, styrofoam, candy wrappers, baggies, juice boxes/pouches, straws, foil wrappers, etc.). Trash containers (marked with red stickers and not pictured) will most likely be the smallest containers in the building due to the continued paper recycling, plastic/glass/metal recycling and new organics recycling options. Overall, the district will save thousands of dollars in disposal waste costs by implementing organics recycling and increasing "earth" friendly practices. Make sure to ask your students about "Organics" recycling!
