The city of Santa Clarita partnered with Los Angeles County to celebrate the recycling efforts of Santa Clarita junior high and high school students.
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In partnership with the Los Angeles County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the William S. Hart Union High School District and the Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC), the city of Santa Clarita recognized the success of the school districts recycling program at an award ceremony last week.
The event, at Valencia High School, featured student leaders from the recycling clubs on campus.
The clubs were able to prosper after the district acquired 260 blue recycling containers and 14 steel 2-yard locking bins that were purchased through the use of the CalRecycle grant received by the city and the county.
Efforts to increase recycling within the school district can be traced back to 2012 when city and district staff began to work with one another to kick start a beverage container recycling program, implemented in the district’s 16 junior high and high school campuses.
The LACC later got involved as a partner, collecting recyclable containers from each school once every two weeks.
After processing and receiving the California Redemption Value from the containers, LACC then distributes quarterly checks back to each school which are then used to create additional recycling programs for students.
Due to the success of the program over the last few years, the city decided to purchase more containers for the schools, which are expected to rejuvenate and grow the program.
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