Recycling Trash

Recycling is Important because It’s a pretty simple concept when you change some old
and used things into some new things, it benefits our environment and our own self in many
ways. Natural resources and material are not wasted. During the assembling procedure energy is
saved. it helps keep the wild creature save. Reusing additionally makes well-paying jobs. 2016 in
a research found that in the United States represented 757,000 jobs by reusing and reuse
exercises. As the County of Arlington Virginia Trash and Recycling site says, Recyclables are
gathered locally, however affected all around.

From 2013-2019, secondary schools hit the runway at Lynnhaven Mall in the Annual
Lynnhaven TRASHion Show. The show was created as a way for local students to show off their
fashion sense while demonstrating an understanding of the value and importance of reusing
items whenever possible The TRASHion Show is an annual fashion show that celebrates creative
fashion design and promotes waste reduction and sustainability.

Student designers and other Boston-area schools create pieces made of trash and recycled
materials, which are then modeled on the runway. Using only materials destined for garbage cans
or recycling bins, student designers and models partnered to present original creations in a
runway fashion show competition co-sponsored by Lynnhaven Mall and Lynnhaven River
NOW. From bottle caps to bubble-wrap, you never know what might show up on the runway as
glamorous fashion.

Awards were presented for creativity and style, and the crowd was invited to vote for a
special People’s Choice Award. In addition, the high schools vied for the traveling “Principal’s
Pride Award” for overall school efforts to promote sustainability both on and off the runway.
This show was always emceed by a local celebrity and local businesses contributed prizes for
both the show and the trivia contest between shows. School dance, vocal and instrumental groups
performed between shows as well.

In 2019, Lynnhaven River NOW partnered with First Colonial HS to compete in the US
Green Building Council’s Connect the Dots Challenge. To address waste issues, students
conducted a classroom waste audit to gauge students’ waste habits. With guidance from
LRNOW staff, items from the garbage and recycling cans was sorted to identify items that could
be reduced, recycled or reused as fashion. Students transformed reusable products into clothing
that was then displayed at the 6th Annual TRASHion Show raising awareness of the importance
of proper waste management and showcasing “out of the trashcan” ideas for dealing with some
of the waste.  The Partnership of First Colonial HS Green Team and Lynnhaven River NOW was
Awarded First Place in Creativity and were honored at a special event held in Richmond by the
US Green Building Council.