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Weighing the options of a student-designed trailer, NHS sponsor Linda Jones and ag construction teacher Tom Rundel consider a drafting student's proposal. The trailer designs were done by Jessica Bienhoff's drafting class.Honor society works with ag construction, drafting classes to build recycling trailer
by Jaeger T., journalism student
January 11, 2010
Recycling is not always the most fun and motivating thing to do, but National Honor Society has a plan.
Several groups this year are working together on a project to help recycling at the school go a lot easier. This project is to have a trailer built to put behind the school to help make hauling the recycling materials to the recycling center easier for the group. The trailer will house the big green bins on it.
NHS decided to do this idea because there was a lot of recyclables last year.
“Last year we collected over 2500 lbs of recyclable materials. The volume was becoming increasingly difficult to take care of. A trailer to help us transport these recyclables seemed like a good plan,” Linda Jones, sponsor, said.
Not only is the NHS group doing this, but other classes are helping as well. The drafting class will design the trailer, and the Ag Construction class will build the trailer.
“It will save on expenses, and it’s a project that the students can see completed, like a real world project,” Jessica Bienhoff, drafting teacher, said.
The project took root last year but got its start this past summer and school year. The hopeful completion date is the end of the school year.
This trailer is going to have eight 95-gallon trash bins for the recyclables to be placed in, which they will purchase from the city. When the bins get full, NHS will run them to the recycling center. The NHS group, which has a total of 31 members, helped come up with this idea.
The group now loads the recyclables in the back of a member’s truck to take to the center. By using the trailer instead of a truck, the organization will save time and effort, so the recycling will be more efficient. Instead of going to the recycling center every week, they will go only when the bins are full.
“Basically, we wanted to get a trailer to make it easier to haul all of the materials to the recycling center,” Alli Barton, sr., said.
To help fund the project, they have had three grants totaling $1500 from Midwest Energy, Union Pacific Railroad, and the City of Colby Police Special Law Enforcement Fund at the Thomas County Community Foundation.
