Greens Grens and Tech Crew hosted an Electronic Recycling Drive and a Food Pantry Collection on Oct. 27.

“It was much more successful than we’d ever imagined it to be,” counselor and Green Grens sponsor Steve Gordon said.

Many of the students who volunteered stayed extra hours and offered to help with the clean up of the drive. At the end, they were able to collect four to five tons of used electronics and more than 300 pounds of food donations. Also, the vendor that they worked with was willing to donate $60 for every ton. So in total, they collected about $250 to $300.

“[All the money] Is going to Green Grens and we will be donating it to various charities,” Gordon said.

Some of the charities that they are planning to donate money is The National Wild Life Federation, Arbor Day Foundation, Alliance for Climate Education, and many other charities. The money donations will likely be donated to local charities.

This electronic drive can at the end benefit all of us.

“A major benefit to the community is that the heavy metal that are part of the electronics won’t be washed into groundwater that is drunk,” Gordon said.

Gordon also adds that if these electronics are not recycled properly we will continue to poison ourselves in little amount and without knowing.

Gordon said that the students who helped out at the end felt like they have done a good deed.

“I got the impression from each of them that they were pleased that the electronics will be recycled properly,” Gordon said.

Recycling properly though can just make someone feel good.

“People can get a warm fuzzy feeling when they recycle something legally and properly,”

By: Yesenia Cruz