REAPS gets innovator award
The
Recycling and Environmental Action Plan Society (REAPS) has received a global award for its innovative ideas. BUILD Magazine is a digital publication geared for the construction and property industry that has presented a merit-based award to REAPS for being leading innovators of environmental action plans in the Recycling and Waste Management Awards category for 2019.
“We have over 33 school programs - so it could have been our school programs, it could have been the community outreach work that we do, and they also said they really liked our website and all the information that is provided there,” executive director Terri McClymont said. “They also checked out our Facebook page.”
Some of the school programs include Salmonids in the Classroom, the Streamto-Sea program, where students get specially-equipped aquariums and fertilized eggs from Fisheries and Oceans Canada in the fall and care for the fry until June when they are released into the Nechako River.
Dumpy, the Overfed Landfill, introduces recycling, waste reduction and environmental issues.
During Adopt A Worm, students get hands-on learning about composting with worms, learn the anatomy and care for a worm bin so students can recycle their lunch waste.
To get an award for innovation is really exciting, McClymont said.
“And it’s a surprise,” she added. “It’s always nice to be recognized for your efforts because you know you’re doing a good job, so feed back - whether it’s constructive or not - I always try to take from it and move forward and try to improve.”