LHE’s Recycle Round Up is terrific success

Thanks to many volunteers and vendors that included LHE staff and parents, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the City of Dallas, GEEP Texas, Okon, Goodwill, Interstate Batteries, Greenstar, Operation Kindness, DART, the EPA, Home Depot, Rohde’s, EcoDallas, Green Mountain Energy, Sam’s, and Chick-Fil-A (to name a few!), the first big ‘Green’ event at the school garnered almost two full truck loads of E-Waste, an entire Shred Pod filled with paper, another truck load of tires and scrap metal and plenty of reading material to be recycled and reused.

We have pictures.

From all reports, the E-Waste collection, the Shred Pod, and being able to recycle from your car were the most popular attractions, along with the bounce house set up in the gym for the kids. Being the industrious school they are, LHE also raised money for next year's 5th grade Sky Ranch adventure and inoculated 22 folks with flu shots. Not bad for a rookie effort, especially considering the day started with 40 degree temperatures.

LHE Environmental Chair Cindy Engel was thrilled with all the participation and said lots of folks asked if the Recycle Round Up would become an annual event. “I hope so!" she said. "A lot of folks asked about it. I think it would be great if we did this every fall.”

The six-hour event also caught the attention of Texas Media Partners, who came and interviewed many participants for an upcoming HDTV documentary they’re producing called ‘Red, White and Green’.

Comments

[Kathy]

Awesome event LHE! According to a DMN article, this recycling roundup is a quarterly event with LHE the newest site added to three other area locations. I hope it continues... I finally got rid of computers and peripherals that have been cluttering my garage and attic for years. And, for those wondering what happens to the stuff dropped off, I was assured that it would be crushed into tiny pieces. I was told what happens to those tiny pieces but don't remember - sorry! I was also offered a notification of exactly what happened to my stuff and where it ended up if I chose to leave my info. Though I declined, I appreciated the offer and felt confident that any sensitive information that might have been on that computer was safely destroyed and whatever was left over was disposed of properly.

Again, way to go Cindy Engel and LHE! An event worthy of continuation!

[Rose Mary simmons]

I would like to get in touch with Cindy Engle to learn more about how she started this event rolling. I am president of CANA and we want to start a green event in our neighborhood.