LEWISTON – The Trinity Catholic School Community Recycling Club is made up of students from any grade who have a passion for saving the Earth.

The students volunteer to stay after school every other Tuesday for 45 minutes. They spend their time emptying recycling bins from every classroom and separating the recyclables into the Re-Harvest dumpster located behind the school.

Re-Harvest is a local Maine company, owned by Peter Bolduc, who has partnered with Trinity Catholic in supporting their recycling program. The company donates a portion of the funds earned, by filling the dumpster, back to the school.

Elizabeth Dunn, a faculty member, and Jillian Shephard, a member of the Parent Teacher Organization, as the Recycling Committee chairwoman, lead the students in their efforts.

Often they will share some environmentally friendly facts with the volunteering students. They talk about how pigs can help take care of trash by eating food waste

Dunn hopes to host events like her recent guest speaker for Earth Day during recycling week. “I wish I could reach even more people and encourage them to recycle every day,” said Dunn.