Poland pupils have a unique recycling idea

POLAND — Pupils at Poland North Elementary School are cleaning up the earth one aluminum can at a time.

Last year, the school won a recycling contest by collecting cans for recycling.

“There’s nothing that says a school can’t win twice,” said Principal Michael Masucci.

He enlisted the help of Boardman Steel to develop a unique recycling receptacle.

“It was Mike’s idea to come up with a globe for the kids to put recyclables into,” said Mike Gromada, shop superintendent at Boardman Steel.

The company sculpted and delivered a 7-foot-high, 100-pound steel and wire mesh globe tilted 22.5 degrees, like the world tilts on its axis. Workers placed the creation in the school’s courtyard.

Read more in Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com