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Crotched Mountain student Stephanie O'Brien sorts plastic bottles at the school's recycling center.
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What
Crotched Mountain Recycles
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6-pack rings
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Batteries: auto and all personal types
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Bubble wrap and air pillows
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Cell phones
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Electronics including computers
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Fluorescent bulbs
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Ink Cartridges
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Mercury-containing devices
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Shrink wrap and plastic bags
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Styrofoam peanuts
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Techno-trash: CDs DVDs, Videos, disks, jewel cases
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Tires
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Tyvek envelopes and wrap |
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GREENFIELD , NH — The National Recycling Coalition has declared November 15th as America Recycles Day and the Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center is celebrating by example. Since 1991, the clients and staff of Crotched Mountain have worked together to make recycling a priority.
"A great portion of our discards here at Crotched Mountain are recoverable," states recycling coordinator Susan Mansfield. "The mission of our on-mountain recycling program is to divert those resources from our waste stream, to create vocational opportunities for our students and clients, and to generate revenue from the sale of processed material. We sell to local buyers so that the money recycles to support our local economy as well."
In the past three months Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center has recycled:
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29.6 tons office paper, magazines, newspaper, fiberboard and cardboard
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20.5 tons of scrap metal
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80 cubic yards of aluminum, tin cans, and plastics #1 & #2
As a result, the recycling program has generated more than $5,000 through the sale of commodities and saved the organization more than $7,000 in waste disposal fees.
The recycling proceeds are used to fund school activities. Paula Lombardi, a career development teacher, works with an average of 10 students per day collecting and processing materials at the recycling center. She explains that " Crotched Mountain also works with several community recycling programs by deconstructing non-deliverable third-class mail which would otherwise be sent to a landfill."
To learn more about America Recycles Day, visit the National Recycling Coalition web site:
http://www.nrc-recycle.org/americarecycles.aspx
Crotched Mountain is a charitable organization employing more than 900 people. Its mission is to serve individuals with disabilities and their families, embracing personal choice and development, and building communities of mutual support. Crotched Mountain provides specialized education, rehabilitation, community, and residential support services for more than 2,000 people annually, at its rehabilitation center in Greenfield, New Hampshire and in communities throughout New Hampshire and in selected locations in Massachusetts, Maine and New York.
To learn more about Crotched Mountain 's recycling program, contact Susan Mansfield at (603) 547-3311, ext. 366, or visit their website: www.crotchedmountain.org.
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