Students at Tyner Middle Academy are making a commitment to Recycle Right in their school and encourage others to do the same. With the help of Recycle Right, the City of Chattanooga’s recycling education program, Tyner Middle Academy will be implementing a school-wide recycling program with a large education component.

They presentedg the program to the public on Monday at 6 p.m. at Tyner Middle Academy, located at 6837 Tyner Rd.

Tyner Middle's Change Coach Joyce Perdue, said, “Our purpose is really twofold. We wanted to teach our students about creating sustainability and change within our school, our city and our world. But this recycle group also gives these students a sense of pride and purpose in that they can get in, get to work and do something that isn’t just for themselves. Recycle Right has been a great help in helping us establish our own recycle program and has provided us with wonderful education tools. We hope our students will take home with them the lessons they learn about recycling so that their families are encouraged to recycle, as well.”

At Tyner Middle Academy’s Cornucopia of Creativity Expo, the students will be presenting their own Recycle Right skit that encourages other students to recycle and recycle the right way to keep recyclable waste out of the landfill. They will also be giving a presentation that they developed with Recycle Right to educate students on how to recycle the right way. They will be presenting their goals for establishing recycling in every classroom and the design they have created for their own recycle collection center to be placed behind the school.

Recycle Right is working with elementary and middle schools within Chattanooga to further recycling education in our community. In addition to visiting schools for educational assemblies and providing educational materials, Recycle Right is assisting local schools in setting up recycling programs to keep recyclable waste out of the landfill.

For more information about Recycle Right in the schools or to schedule Recycle Right to visit your Chattanooga school, please contact Recycle Right at (423) 648-7359 or e-mail contactus@recycleright.org. The deadline for Chattanooga school sign-ups for 2008 is Dec. 10.

For more information about recycling in Chattanooga and how to Recycle Right, please visit www.recycleright.org.