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District-Wide "Green Locker Clean-Out" Keeps Supplies Out of Landfills

A child in a blue shirt stands indoors holding bags filled with colored pencils and dry erase markers.

Schools across the district joined forces once again for the annual Green Locker and Desk Clean-Out. Before tossing items into the trash, students were asked to examine their supplies through a three-step process.

  1. Reuse: Identifying items that could be saved and used for the upcoming school year.
  2. Recycle: Properly sorting items that could be recycled, like paper, paper folders, and composition notebooks.
  3. Donate: Gathering gently used school supplies to give them a second life.

Any surplus supplies not kept for school use were packed up and donated to Mannheim Middle School near Melrose Park, ensuring high-quality resources went directly to students who need them most.

Interested in supporting our sustainability efforts? We invite you to join the dedicated D64 Green Team of parents by sharing your interests through this brief survey.

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