Students at an elementary school studied ecology. They learned that there was so much trash that it was a world wide problem. They asked their teacher if they could do something to help solve the problem.
The students decided to set up a Saturday Recycling Center. They said they collected trash and get it to a place. They found that there were 15 drop-off sites - places where people could bring trash to get it recycled.
The students had to figure out how to get the trash to the site. They went to talk with the minister of the church near their school to ask him to help them with their plan. They decided it would be once a month. They choose the first Saturday of the month.
So everything was organized. All they needed was trash to recycle. The students made posters to put in stores in the neighbourhood. They went into the other classrooms at their school and asked children to tell their families about the Saturday recycling.
Saturday was a great success. In fact they got so much trash that the minister had to make two trips to take it all to the drop-off site. The students said that the recycling day was the best activity they had done for their neighbourhood.