Hennigan Learns About, Promotes Recycling

A Hennigan student examines a recycling bin. 

The James W. Hennigan School in Jamaica Plain hosted Mark Moniz as their guest speaker on Tuesday May 14th.  The SCORES team invited Mark to discuss their service project, recycling. Mark worked in the MassDEP (Department of Environmental Protection) before joining SCORES two years ago. 

Mark Moniz answers students questions about recycling. 

Students peppered him with questions about what can be recycled, what happens to their recycling once it is picked up and what can be reused. The team learned about different methods of recycling such as composting, returning plastic bags to stores and returning electrical goods. Students also learned that recycling saves us water, uses less toxic chemicals than making new items, creates jobs and helps protect the environment around us.

The Hennigan team listens to Mark discuss composting and recycling. 

Students designed posters to promote good recycling practices. They will hold a school wide clean up soon and continue promoting recycling in their school and in their homes after the semester is over. They had a great time and had more questions and comments than time would allow! Thanks to Mark and for all the inquisitive students at Hennigan!