Wakefield DPW Program Teaches the Importance of Recycling

Wakefield third graders learned about the importance of recycling during the annual recycling education program sponsored by the Wakefield Department of Public Works. The annual program is designed to increase recycling rates throughout the community by educating elementary school children about Wakefield’s curbside recycling program.

The DPW program incorporates a musical Earth Tunes presentation with educational materials and information specific to Wakefield’s residential curbside and yard waste recycling programs. The Earth Tunes team teaches the children about recycling through songs and lyrics, and reinforces the message through props and music. Several students also participate in a ‘junk band’ using discarded recyclable materials.

The program teaches the third graders about the items that can – and can not - be recycled, what items should be put into the recycling containers every-other week at curbside, the yard waste recycling program at the Nahant Street Yard Waste Site, and the importance of recycling at school and at home. The program also teaches interesting statistics, including how many trees can be saved by recycling paper and how long a diaper takes to disintegrate in a landfill.

“The third-grade recycling education program reinforces the message that recycling not only saves the environment, it also saves money for the Town of Wakefield in reduced trash costs,” DPW Director Rick Stinson said. “The third graders learn how they can make a difference at home and school to improve our environment and community. We hope that they take this message home to their families.”

“Our goal is to create enthusiasm for recycling that will lead to a lifelong commitment,” he concluded.

For information about the Wakefield DPW recycling programs, please call the DPW at (781) 246-6301.

Barbara Herson (at left) of Earth Tunes, entertained third graders at the Dolbeare School with a ‘recycling rap’ as part of the Wakefield Department of Public Works recycling education program. The annual program is presented to students in grade three to help promote recycling in Wakefield.

The Wakefield Department of Public Works (DPW) recently conducted its annual recycling education program to third grade students in Wakefield, including these students at the Greenwood School. The program teaches students about saving the environment through recycling, the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling, and what can be recycled through the community’s curbside recycling program. As part of the program, this important information is blended with interactive musical entertainment by Earth Tunes.

Remembering to Reduce… Reuse… Recycle can be easy if you sing one of the EarthTunes songs! Third grade students at the Greenwood School enjoyed learning a Recycling Rap during the recent Wakefield Department of Public Works (DPW) recycling education program. The annual program encourages students to learn about the importance of recycling at home and school and sharing that message with family and friends.

Learning about recycling can be fun, as these St. Joseph School third graders recently learned when they participated in the annual recycling education program sponsored by the Wakefield Department of Public Works. The program encourages third graders to recycle at home and at school and teaches them about reducing waste by reusing what they have and recycling whenever they can. As part of the program, the students participated in fun activities, including learning a recycling rap, and taking part in a ‘bug band’ and a ‘junk band’ with the help of Earthtunes.

Animals, bugs and birds are important to the world’s ecosystem as these Walton School third grade students learned during the recent recycling education program sponsored by the Wakefield Department of Public Works. During the program, several students had an opportunity to be a part of the Earthtunes musical portion of the educational program.

Woodville School third graders learned about cleaning up of the waterways during the recycling education program sponsored by the Wakefield Department of Public Works. The annual program teaches children about the impact that recycling has on the environment.

Wakefield DPW Director Richard Stinson (center), demonstrated how the automated trash barrel works and talked to Woodville School third grade students about what can and cannot be recycled as part of the town’s single stream manual recycling program. The Director was at the school as part of the DPW’s annual recycling education program which introduces children to the importance of recycling.

Wakefield Department of Public Works Director Richard Stinson (back row), visited third grade classrooms to talk to students about why Reducing, Reusing and Recycling is important to the environment and to the Town of Wakefield. Director Stinson was at the Woodville School before the end of the school year as part of the DPW’s annual recycling education program.