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Outstanding Waste
Reduction in a School
MERCY MONTESSORI CENTER
By | Cher Mohring
I
think everyone can agree that schools have experienced challenges due to
COVID-19 and Mercy Montessori Center is no exception. What makes Mercy
Montessori exceptional is their resilience and commitment to reducing their
environmental impact through recycling and composting, earning them the
2020 Outstanding Waste Reduction in a School award.
In
late
August
our
Community
Outreach Coordinator who provides
technical assistance to schools, Cher
Mohring, was wondering what would
become of all the school recycling
and waste reduction programs that
recycling coordinators worked so
hard to start and maintain when she
got a frantic call from Chris Byrnes at
Mercy Montessori Center. Ms. Byrnes
was worried because school was
going to start in just a few days and
they didn’t have enough recycling
bins.
Like many schools, Mercy
Montessori
Center
created
more
classrooms so they could have smaller
groups of students together in an
attempt to decrease exposure to
COVID-19. Another change the
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