Queneesh Elementary in Courtenay held a grand opening Wednesday of a new school recycling depot created by students.
The project is dubbed, No Time To Waste, marking the culmination of two years of work.
The ceremony also marked a switch from collecting crinkly plastic to composting to renovating the school’s eco-learning centre into the depot.
“Thank you for the work you do here,” said Courtenay Coun. Will Cole-Hamilton, who was joined Wednesday by Mayor Bob Wells and Coun. Doug Hillian. “It’s tremendously important.”
The depot is an initiative of students of Montessori Grades 5, 6 and 7 teacher Terri Fullerton.
The students thanked Bob Weier of Habitat for Humanity for helping with the renovation. Weier was on hand to perform the official ribbon cutting at Wednesday’s ceremony.
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