Cayman Net News: Iggy lends his support to student recyclers at JGHS

Iggy lends his support to student recyclers at JGHS

John Gray Secretary, Marguerita Thompson (Assistant
Co-ordinator John Gray Recyclers) with Iggy the
Iguana and Recycler Ruth McFarlane

Thursday, October 27, 2005

The John Gray Recyclers, were joined by a special guest recently at the School�s Club Fair. Iggy the Iguana, the Department of Environmental Health�s recycling mascot, visited the JGHS to help the Recyclers promote recycling and recruit new members.

Iggy welcomed new students to the Club and showed curious students a basketfull of plastic six-pack holders that had been collected as part of the recycling drive.

The DEH Chief Environmental Health Officer, Roydell Carter has given the Club his full support for encouraging recycling in the Cayman Islands. The Department has assisted the Recyclers in several projects such as at the Barkers National Park where they worked alongside youngsters to collect over 15 cubic yards of solid waste in less than two hours.

At the request of the Recyclers the DEH has also placed new signs in the Barkers area to stop dumping.

DEH also sponsored the John Gray Recyclers� Seacology Naikorokoro, Fiji Project. In 2004, Club members donated funds to Seacology, an environmental foundation based in the USA, for the construction of a new kindergarten and dispensary for Naikorokoro Village, in exchange for the creation of a 10,800-acre marine reserve. Club members visited the village last year and saw the benefits of their fundraising efforts.

�We have also reinstated our plastic six-pack holder collection programme and are recycling the holders through Bodden Beverages as a means of protecting our turtles and fragile marine life.� Co-ordinator of the John Gray Recyclers Christine Whitehead said.

More information about the six-pack holder recycling and the John Gray Recyclers� Seacology projects can be found at www.johngrayrecyclers.org and Mrs Whitehead can be contacted at johngrayrecyclers@hotmail.com or at the John Gray High School.

The DEH reminds schools that they are available to give help and support to develop recycling programmes and can be contacted at 949-6696.

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