Reclamation Station

Find a spot in your school that is easily accessible and visible to everyone. Use medium-sizes garbage cans, recycling containers, or large boxes to set up a reclamation station. Make labels for each container so that the materials are organized. You can have a spot for cardboard boxes (flatten them but don’t damage them so people can simply fold them back into shape reuse). You can also collect other materials such as clean yogurt tubs, broken crayons (they can be melted into new ones), gloves and mittens that have lost their partners (sew and stuff into little animals or puppets), other textiles, wrapping and tissue paper, and whatever else you want to reuse. Teachers and students can regularly visit the reclamation station to find materials for crafts and other projects.