Rutland Herald Coverage for Allen St Campus "Student project reduces waste"

Spend any time at Rutland City Public Schools’ Allen Street Campus, and you’ll learn a thing or two about recycling and composting.

This school year, students have undertaken a school-wide waste reduction project aimed at shrinking the building’s contribution to the waste stream.

At the end of every school day, a group of five or so students — unofficially dubbed the “trash ambassadors” — collect receptacles from classrooms and sort the trash, recyclables and organic waste as needed. Along the way, they audit the school’s daily progress and report back how each classroom is doing.

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