July 25, 2006 – CSP Day 12
Christian’s Day

Today we went to the farmer’s garden, Grow Hartford. Shannon split us up into three groups. Two of the groups picked for weeds and my group, Quinnipiac River Team, had to dig up dirt and put it in wheelbarrows and bring it over and dump it in the plant bed. Then, after that, we came back to the place that we started, under the shady tree. We ate lunch. After we we were done, we checked that everything was cleaned up, then we got back on the bus.



We went to the Trash Museum in Hartford. In the beginning there was a house of trash. We went through it and on the other side, she taught us about what kind of bottles they recycle, numbers one and two. You know that it can be recycled if it has a triangle with arrows going in the triangle. After we learned that, we went back into the house of trash and had a scavenger hunt. She asked us if we could find things that could have been recycled or reused. Then she told us to find the mice (they weren’t real). Then if the people didn’t see it, she told you to put your finger on your nose. She would tell you, 1, 2, 3, and everyone would point to it.

We went to a place with a gray rug. She asked, “What is it made of?” People had to guess and she told us it was made out of plastic bottles, number one and number two. We went upstairs and kneeled on a bench to look out the windows into the factory. You saw machines crushing up bottles and trucks unloading bottles. She showed us a model building of their building and she showed us where we are.

We went back downstairs and did a project of making pencil holders out of wallpaper, toilet tissue tubes and glue. When we were done, she told us to follow her and she showed us a truck that used to pick up all the bottles. She told us that it’s only a display now because they took out the engine and only the lights work. We had to leave after that.

I liked the Trash Musuem because we learned what kind of bottles can be recycled and we actually saw the factory.

Assistant Director's Note: Going to the Trash Museum made the staff realize that we need to make sure what the recycling laws and regulations are in New Haven, so we will be checking that out and hopefully posting that information here on our blog. Apparently, the information changes all the time. When our youth asked us about the rules for New Haven, we were unsure, so we will make sure to tell them, as well.

Remember: REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!