With the start of a fresh school year came a fresh way of sorting recycling as Key Club changed their policy of what is and what is not acceptable in recycling bins.

“We wanted to simplify it as we are concurrently running a can fundraiser. So the new policy is basically we want kids to focus on doing cardboard and paper products in recycling bins,” said Key Club sponsor Rachael Schmidt.

There are multiple reasons for this change, one of which being to stop contamination within the school’s recycling.

“We had to get creative with food products and other things that taint the bins which continue to be an issue,” said Schmidt.

Another reason for this change lies in the can drive. For a few weeks cardboard boxes could be found around the building; the purpose of said boxes being to create an easier way to filter cans from the rest of recycling as part of a can drive fundraiser held by Key Club. The cans are taken to a recycling center where they are then paid for the recycled metal taken from the cans.

“We crush those down at SA Recycling which is like an in-town recycling center,” said senior Connor Marvin.

Where these funds are being put towards has yet to be decided however. The funds will either go towards more funding for Key Club, or to help those with the recently cut SNAP benefits according to Marvin. Wherever the funds head to, there seems to be a lot of them as the can drive saw great success.

“There was like four trash bags full of cans,” said sophomore Emmett Bibb.