Recycle the CDS Way -- With the Three "R's"

The three R’s at CDS are not just “Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic,” They are Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. From preschool to graduation students are encouraged to be environmentally conscious when it comes to waste. When we look at Anquilla Landfill, we know that too much garbage pollutes our fragile St. Croix corner of planet Earth! On campus, a group of energetic Lower School students in grades three and four head up an effort to study the three R’s and promote recycling.

The Enviro Club advertises for recycling and bags aluminum cans all year long. Members of the school community may drop their aluminum cans off any time on the Lower School science patio, our own CDS “Recycling Center.” The cans gathered there are delivered monthly to the recycling center in Anna’s Hope.

Another item that CDS recycles is the plastic 6 and 8- pack rings that can choke fish or fool a sea turtle. The Enviro Club collects them and ships them off to a plastic recycling center stateside.

Newspapers are the third material accepted at our “Recycling Center.” Enviro Club members bag up lots of newspapers that get delivered to either a vetinarian’s boarding facility or the St. Croix Animal Shelter for re-use.

CDS is currently one of twenty-one Virgin Island schools participating in a month long campaign to boost aluminum recycling. The contest is sponsored by Waste Management. Pick-up date is in early December. We’re hoping to be a leader in caring for our environment.

Items to recycle right here at CDS are: Aluminum cans, newspapers, and 6-8-pack plastic rings! Reduce! Recycle! Reuse!