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The LDSS ECO Team with the mayor, from left are Lisa Jeffery, Teacher, Ashlyn Wiper, Mayor Hilda MacDonald, Ollie Wilson , Sarah Kim, Emma Dominas. Municipality of Leamignton photo
Students spark recycling program
The ECO Team at Leamington District Secondary School is being applauded by Leamington council as their April 2026 presentation has sparked change within the municipality. At the April 28 meeting of Leamington council, four members of the ECO Team attended to speak on plastics pollution. Students Ollie Wilson, Sarah Kim, Ashlyn Wiper and Cassidy Girardin took turns at the microphone with their PowerPoint presentation, outlining the science behind their plea. The lack of recycling containers at municipal parks and sports fields was the first issue brought up by the team, where garbage cans seem to be the usual
containers, taking both trash and recyclable materials. The second issue brought up regarded using artificial turf on municipal properties. The team cited an instance where a crosswalk on Sherk Street had artificial turf installed and a close-up photo showed thousands of particles from the turf that had broken away and taken by the wind. These microplastics eventually find their way into Lake Erie, where they are consumed by fish. Leamington’s Director of Infrastructure Services, Rob Sharon, promised to get a report back to council with recommendations before the end of the school year.
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The ECO Team returned to hear those recommendations at the June 9 meeting. “We appreciate the ECO Team bringing this to us,” said Sharon. “We’ve had a number of discussions over the years about getting recycling going again in the parks.” Sharon said the challenge in the parks has always been cross-contamination with general garbage. They once had a recycling program, but loads were getting rejected for cross-contamination and the program was eventually abandoned. “The recycling program got pushed aside. The ECO Team presentation reminded us that sometimes the smaller matters mean a lot,” he said. Sharon said Circular Materials — the company that recently took over recycling in the area — only deals with residential recycling, so they had to think outside the (blue) box. The municipality reached out to the Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority (EWSWA) for guidance and a new program for parks is now being launched incorporating Herby Curby containers. Sharon says he hopes people will adhere to the program — which will be instituted at places such as Rick Atkin, Mersea, Seacliff, as well as the soccer and baseball fields — and only put recyclable materials in the bins. “We’ll turn our faith to the public,” he says. The bins will be collected bi-weekly by Public Works employees and brought to a central location for pickup by an independent recycling contractor. The recommendation before council was for $18,000 from reserves to purchase 60+ Herby Curby recycling containers and to also cease the use of artificial turf on municipally owned paths, walkways and parks. Councillor Paul Tiessen thanked the ECO Team for their hard work. “This is something that is long overdue,” he said. Mayor Hilda MacDonald applauded the students for their willingness to come forward. “Kudos to the ECO Team for having the intestinal fortitude and bravery to come forward with an idea and lobby for it,” she said. “This is your legacy.” Council then voted unanimously on the recommendation and it was carried.
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