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Recycling Program Moves to CG Middle School
by ROX Media
After 14 years the recycling program at Casa Grande’s Mesquite Elementary School has followed its founder Rick Wilson to his new teaching job at Casa Grande Middle School. The new site is at the rear of the campus, 1501 N. Center Ave. — turn south onto Center from Cottonwood Lane; follow the Casa Grande Recycles sign.
It’s been the community’s primary avenue for recycling No. 1 plastic containers, aluminum and tin and metal cans since the City of Casa Grande suspended its curbside recycling program in 2019 due to its cost. Since, it’s garnered statewide and national attention for collecting tens of thousands of pounds of waste per year.
Wilson said the program collected about 30,000 pounds of recyclables last school year, which were sold and $11,000 in proceeds donated to Casa Grande Food Bank, Seeds of stagecoach stop in the 1850s through Stagecoach Days, a local celebration hosted by the Rotary beginning in 1959 and later held by the City every October until 2016.
The festival also offers sponsorship opportunities for companies interested in generating exposure for their business while supporting the local community.
Joining the City in organizing the event is Steve LeVine Entertainment and Public Relations, producer of Chandler’s Ostrich Festival, Scottsdale Fashion Week, Bases and Brews Music Fest in Surprise and other public events.
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Hope, Laundry Love, Valley Humane Society and Pinal County Animal Control.
“The first nine years I did everything on my own,” Wilson said. “Now that our numbers are this big, and growing, I need the help of volunteers to keep the program running. Their sacrifice of rummaging through everything that was dropped off, to sort the recycling, is amazing but to do it on incredibly hot days is beyond amazing. This group is very dedicated to our program, and I think the world of them!” For more information, see the Casa Grande Recycles Facebook page.
