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Earth Day Prompts Local Recycling Efforts

Sunset Hills, Lindbergh School District both have Earth Day-centered activities scheduled.

Recycling is a recurring theme for and the Lindbergh School District this Earth Day. The day itself is Sunday, however the community is spending the entire week doing more for the environment.

Sunset Hills and the Go Green Committee is celebrating its second annual Earth Day event Saturday at the . The Go Green Committee just started last year, and according to Alderman Dee Baebler, this year is going to be bigger and better.

“It’s all free. There will be a lot of things for kids to do,” she said. “Really it’s an educational day and we have a lot of vendors there. If you can do anything in your home to ‘green’ it up a little bit, we’ll have that information there.”

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The attached flyer has more information on the day’s plans, and the “greening” isn’t going to stop there. The Go Committee has plans to start a once-a-month educational series with a speaker at the community center.

Baebler herself has some electronics that she is going to bring for recycling, and participants can pretty much bring anything. Recyclables will be restored, used as training tools for people to work on, or go to homeless shelters to be reused. Others are broken down and the parts are recycled.

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“We are hoping the adults will come out and bring a trunk full of recycling and the kids will come out and have fun. We’re trying to have it all,” Baebler said.

Over at the Lindbergh School District, Sperreng Middle School Environmental Club is hosting its fourth annual recycling drive April 28.

The club invites the community to dispose of anything that runs on batteries or plus into a wall from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

All items can be disposed of free of charge, including TVs, computers and monitors. Acceptable items include:

  • All small appliances
  • All large appliances (dishwashers, ovens, refrigerators, freezers, etc.)
  • Televisions
  • Computers and Monitors
  • Rechargeable Batteries
  • Cell phones
  • MP3 Players
  • Outdoor lawn equipment (lawn mowers, weed eaters, blowers, tillers). Note: These must be drained of all oil.

The drive is being hosted in conjunction with Midwest Recycling Center, one of only two Level 4 certified recyclers in the state. Level 4 certification means Midwest Recycling Center is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency, conducts secure hard drive and data destruction services, and holds certificates of proper recycling.

For more information, contact Environmental Club Adviser Julie Roy at 314-729-2400, ext. 2107.

students did their part this week by decorating reusable grocery bags and participating in trash-free lunches.

The decorated reusable grocery bags will help raise money for a schoolwide environmental project or donation, and donated and leftover craft materials were used to design greeting cards.

In addition, Gloria Cohen from the St. Louis County Department of Health spoke to all grade levels and presented a puppet play about the environment to kindergarten and first-grade students.


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