While plastic continues to pile up in our landfills, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s fourth-grade students are fighting plastic pollution as part of the school’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) curriculum.
Their mission, through two core projects, is to reduce the number of single-use plastics that accumulate from the lunches they bring to school every day.
Single-use plastics such as plastic bags, straws, water bottles, chip bags, candy wrappers, and plastic cutlery are designed to be used only once and then immediately discarded, creating a growing problem in our landfills.
After conducting a survey to collect data about the fourth grade’s plastic use habits, students discovered that 56 fourth graders were collectively bringing more than 100 pieces of single-use plastic to school every day.
Eager to take action,…
