November 8, 2004


WISD Participates in Texas Recycles Day

During the week of November 8, all WISD campuses will participate in an aluminum can drive as their part in Texas Recycles Day (TRD).  TRD encourages Texans to start recycling or increase their recycling efforts.

WISD campuses will be competing with local school districts for a chance to win a laptop donated by IESI Waste Management Company.  The second prize winner will collect $50 in cash donated by Power Services.

Campuses will be collecting aluminum cans until 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 12.  Classrooms  collecting the most cans at each campus will win pizza gift certificates donated from CiCi's Pizza.

“This is an incredible effort of the businesses in our community, and a great chance for our students to gain an understanding of how valuable the recycling process is to our environment.  There are lots of activities planned to show adults and students just how many ways you can re-use items that will help to keep the landfills free of these materials, " stated MJ McDaniel, Public Information Officer of WISD.

The County wide event to be held at Hall Middle School on Saturday, November 13, will focus on the 4 "R's": Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rebuy.  This program is partnered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB).  JAMAK Fabrication, along with many other local sponsors, will spear-head the local event on Saturday.

Not only will items of paper and aluminum be recycled, but items such as eye glasses, bagged clothes, coats and canned goods will be collected for reuse.  Bleach, kitty litter, and laundry detergent can also be donated to the Parker County Animal Shelter. 

Keep Texas Beautiful, a nonprofit state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, strives to empower Texans through education to take responsibility for enhancing their community environment and ensure that every Texan has the opportunity to take individual responsibility for making Texas the cleanest, most beautiful state in the nation.

Texas Recycles Day Flier