Even if your schedule does not allow your presence in the cafeteria during the day, you can still help.
How? Read on!
Say goodbye to single-use packaging, and hello to reusables
- Pack your child’s snack and lunch with reusable food and drink containers. Use these for everyday out and about too!
- Learn more with your kids about recycling/composting; here are some guidelines, and this too: http://tinyurl.com/yccj32uy
Recycle-o rama
Year-round marker pen, oral care, and electronics recycling is available in the school lobby and the response has been overwhelming. Keep ‘em coming! (and learn more about what's eligible here).
What can we collect next? Send us your ideas! harringtongreenteam@gmail.com
Household composting fundraiser $$$ with Black Earth Compost
Looking for a way to recycle more of your waste AND help out Harrington? Mention “Harrington PTA” in the referral section when you sign up for curbside pick-up from Black Earth Compost (https://blackearthcompost.com/residential-curbside-compost-pickup/) – and the Harrington PTA will receive a $10 donation!
You can choose a monthly program for $9.99 or an annual program for $99, that’s only $8 per month! To show support for composting, the Town of Lexington is providing a free 13 gallon wheeled locking-lid bin to those who sign up for any compost pickup service (while supplies last). Black Earth’s commercial composting facility takes many things that aren’t appropriate for a backyard compost bin (meat, bones, dairy, cooked foods, pizza boxes, and certain types of compostable "plastics”).
Trash in Lexington is incinerated, causing air pollution and toxic byproducts. Composting recycles nutrients back to the soil for use by local farmers and gardeners, and ultimately into the produce you eat. And customers get a bag of free compost in the spring. Help the environment and Harrington today!
Or, compost at home using a back yard bin.
Donate your textiles! Textile recycling: 24/7 in the Harrington parking lot: 95% of unwanted textiles can be reused or recycled. Baystate Textiles accepts "the good, the bad and the ugly" as long as they're clean and dry. Baystate Textiles will compensate the schools according to the weight of the collections ($100/ton). Look for the white bin on the Maple St. side of the lot (and all LPS parking lots).
