SOUTH ELGIN, Ill. -- Some fifth graders in South Elgin are making a difference by targeting the environment.The kids from Corron Elementary School in Community Unit School District 303 have put together a recycling program that is keeping about 100 pounds of plastic from reaching landfills weekly in their community. Every Friday, the kids collect and weigh all the plastic they have gathered throughout the week to be recycled.
The plastic collected eventually becomes recycled plastic lumber, which is made into useful items such as coat racks and even benches.A bench made from the plastic the youngsters had collected is now on display right in Mr. Robinson's classroom.'When that bench showed up and those kids saw what their plastic had made, they were over the moon,' Robinson said.So far this school year, this class has collected more than 1,200 pounds of plastic.
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