A.W.B. students find money in plastic

A.W. Becker Elementary school students are finding money in plastic – but they aren’t swiping a debit or credit card.

Rather, the students – members of the Environmental Club – are collecting Capri Sun pouches and Dannon and Stonyfield Farm yogurt containers as part of a month-long recycling initiative.

Collection bins have been placed throughout the school to collect the containers in an effort to encourage student recycling. An added bonus for the green effort, said teacher Lorri McCarthy is that for each container students collect, the school will collect approximately 3 cents from the manufacturers.

Parents and community members can contribute by sending clean containers into the school with students or dropping them off at the school.

“The students are making a conscious effort to collect the containers and at the same time, raise money for the Environmental Club,” McCarthy said.