A group of UNBC environmental engineering students is making presentations to area students to promote recycling as part of the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
The Games has set a target of diverting 65 per cent of waste from the landfill during the two-week sporting event. The presentations are being made to Grade 5 and Grade 10 classes at schools throughout the city, and will continue into January.
"We're really want the youth of the community engaged," UNBC student presenter Kimberley Hort said. "They'll teach their parents, they'll teach their families."
In addition, the Grade 5 classes will be challenged to create an upcycling project -taking used materials and creating something useful or beautiful out of them, Hort said.
One of the projects will be selected to be displayed during the Canada Winter Games. The winning class will receive a pizza party.
"By having them do a hands-on, fun activity hopefully they'll learn recycling isn't just a chore to do," Hort said.
Hort said they hope the presentations and upcycling contest will also illustrate the sustainability principles of reducing and reusing waste material, as well as recycling.
The goal is to teach kids that "we can be happy and healthy" while still leaving natural resources for future generations to enjoy the same quality of life we have today, Hort said.
The presentations were created by a group of six environmental engineering students at UNBC.
