Hardy Green Team


Hardy's volunteer-led Green Team is a participant in the Green Team environmental club for Massachusetts schools, sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. 

 

Green Teams are students, teachers, and the school community working together to help the environment, promoting waste reduction and recycling, composting, energy conservation, and pollution prevention.

 

Green Events 

 

APS Textile Recycling Competition: May 16 - June 16
 
Support your school and help reduce waste by bringing your old, worn, torn textiles (clothing, shoes, towels, bedding, stuffed animals) to your school's collection bin from May 16 through June 16. The bin at Hardy is located off the staff parking lot. All donations must be bagged. The volume of donated textiles at each school will be tracked by Bay State Textiles.

This year we will award 1st and 2nd place prizes! Your school will receive weekly updates on the weights collected across the district in order to see where the competition stands and push for the top two spots!

See a list of acceptable donations here. For questions about the competition or to report bin overflow, please contact Arlington School Sustainability Coordinator Rachel Oliveri at roliveri@arlington.k12.ma.us. 
 
Green Activities

Hardy Green Team sponsors events and initiatives throughout the year to make Hardy School greener and cleaner:

  • Cultivate the Hardy Garden and help maintain through summer
  • Clean-up and litter removal from the playground area
  • November pumpkin composting collection event
  • Textile donation bin and drive, and raising awareness around textile recycling/recovery
  • Recycling audits for classrooms
  • Reducing food waste in the cafeteria

 

Green Resources

 

TerraCycle: Provides information about free recycling programs and eliminating waste at home.

 

Textile Recycling:
- Mass.gov Textile Recovery 
- SMART: Textile Recycling Fact Sheet 
- SMART: The Secret Life of Recycled Textiles

 

Hardy's Green Team Representatives are Emily Lapolice and Claire Galand. For more information, please contact them at greenteam@hardypto.com.

 

Awards and Recognition

 

June 2024 - Environmental Eagles Certificate of Recognition from the Massachusetts Green Team