JRES Go Green Team Updates 

 

The JRES Go Green Team advances sustainability initiatives within our elementary school. Our first initiative was to implement a lunchtime composting program, in partnership with EATS PC and Momentum Recycling. Student volunteers help to sort trash during lunchtime, and each month we divert thousands of pounds of waste to to the Wasatch Resource Recovery Center, which you can learn more about here. We also accept pumpkins at Halloween and Christmas trees at Christmas!

 

If you'd like to start composting at home, there are two great options:

 

1) You can collect your compost at home in a bin and drop it for free in the compost bin at school on Bluebird Lane next to the Big Brothers / Big Sisters bin anytime. 
 
2) You can sign up for curbside food waste pickup through Momentum Recycling. They’ll give you a bin and a free caddy and pick your food waste up every week outside your home, and you’ll get your first month free. Sign up here and use code JRESCHOOL5 (for the 5 gallon bin) and JRESCHOOL16 (for the 16 gallon bin). For every 10 signups from JRES, our PTO will receive an unrestricted grant of $250, and if we get 40 households to sign up for food waste collection, the Park City Community Foundation will award us with $1,000! This also applies to units in HOAs, condos and apartments. 

 

 

 

You can also donate any unwanted, outgrown or old sneakers by leaving them in the box in the breezeway! In partnership with GotSneakers, we're keeping sneakers out of landfills, helping get sneakers to those in need, and making money for our PTO!  

 

We also collect the following items for recycling at the front of school:

  • Candy and snack wrappers
  • Dead batteries
  • Soft plastic bags 

 Here are some other ways our JRES Go Green team is making a difference: 

  • We expanded recycling opportunities, collecting pens, pencils, art supplies and crayons for our teachers. 
  • We ran an anti-idling campaign to remind parents that idling is illegal and dangerous for our kids.
  • Our PTO ordered a rain barrel to place at the school to capture extra rain water. 
  • Our teacher's lounge now includes reusable cutlery and compostable stirrers for their coffee.
  • Please reach out jrescommunications@gmail.com if you'd like to get involved with the sustainability committee! We'd love your help!