Local Group Lauded for Green Education Efforts
A South Bay nonprofit gets a shout-out in national magazine Edutopia, which devoted its October issue to documenting environmental innovations in schools around the country.
Based in Gardena, Trash for Teaching collects from myriad manufacturers discarded materials such as spools, plastic webbing, wires, pen parts and petri dishes, packs them up neatly in vegetable oil-fueled trucks and delivers them to schools throughout the region for kids to use in art projects.
The three-year-old company in the last year has distributed 17 tons of materials to some 60 schools across Los Angeles.
Read the magazine's story here. Or visit the Trash for Teaching website.