What We Do: Sustainability at Wheaton North

We focus on projects and initiatives that make a real impact, including:

Recycling and waste reduction
School cleanup events
Tree planting and garden projects
Energy and water conservation
Awareness campaigns to inspire eco-friendly choices

"Useagain" Bins

Usagain Bins are located outside of door 16 - in the parking lot across from the Tennis Courts.

1. It keeps clothes, shoes, bags, linens out of the landfills. Those items get repurposed or reused.

2. In addition, this company plants trees and this doubles as a small fundraiser for us.

Together all the Usagain partners collected 17,656,049 pounds of clothes & shoes that helped make the following positive environmental impact:

44,140 TREES PLANTED
353,121 PEOPLE CLOTHED
42 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER SAVED
265 MILLION POUNDS OF CO2 EMISSIONS PREVENTED

WNHS competed in a friendly competition from September-October to see how many pounds of items we could collect. Here are the stats:

447 pounds donated by our community
Won 61st place nationwide in the competition
Won $24 for our club!

Water Bottle Refill Stations

Throughout 2013 and 2014, Environmental Club advocated for the purchase of water bottle filler stations which have now been installed around the school.

Recycling Bins

Environmental Club advocated for the recycling bins you now see placed around the school. These are better because they separate the streams between paper and bottle recyclables.

Thomas Road Trash Cleanup

Environmental Club has officially adopted Thomas Road! Every year, the club will pickup trash all along the road.

Composting

Wheaton North approved composting food scraps during lunchtime starting the 2022-2023 school year!

What does Environmental Club do for Wheaton North?

We provide the entire school with recycling bins for paper, cans and bottles.

We provide fresh, filtered water stations to reduce the number of bottles that end up in landfills.

We collect old batteries and make sure they do not end up in landfills.

We do community garbage clean-ups around WNHS campus and Gary Avenue (adopted by WNHS).

We promote a lifestyle of being green and raise awareness about environmental issues that affect us all.

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