By Shelli-Kae Foster On November 24, 2021, 16 YES! Students toured Pope Douglas Solid Waste (PDSW) in Alexandria, MN. They were joined by YES! Coach Marlene Schoeneck and YES! Program Director Shelli-Kae Foster. The tour was led by Nathan Reinbold, PDSW Environmental Coordinator. Nathan kicked off the tour by informing the students that over 200 tons of garbage is hauled to their facility each
Waste Reduction
YES! Does it Again with their 15th Annual Fall Summit
Written by Taylor Templer, West Central Coordinator On September 29th YES! teams from across Minnesota gathered at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center (PWELC) in Spicer for the 15th annual YES! Fall Summit. Over 160 students and coaches were in attendance representing Yellow Medicine East, MACCRAY, Minnewaska, New London-Spicer, Discovery Woods, Parkers Prairie, Springfield,
Workshop Empowers Students to Lead the Way on Organics Recycling
Written by Deb Groebner, Southern Coordinator On March 4th, 42 students and teachers from Youth Eco Solutions (YES!) teams at Sleepy Eye High School, St. Mary’s Catholic School, and Springfield High School participated in the Organics Recycling and Waste Reduction Workshop in Mankato. This workshop explored systems for keeping food waste and other compostable materials out of landfills and
How Can We Do Better?
Written by Shelli-Kae Foster, YES! Program Director YES! students from Discovery Woods Montessori School in Brainerd toured the Crow Wing County Landfill and Recycling Center on March 4th. Doug Morris, County Recycling Coordinator began our tour by stating, “throwing something in the garbage is just the beginning of the journey.” Then he went on to explain that from the garbage bin waste is
Harbor City International YES! Team Visits Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
Written by Sam Horner, Northeast YES! Coordinator Last Friday, the Harbor City International School YES! Team went to the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District to learn about all the things they do to keep Duluth clean and healthy. The team was able to learn about their Compost and Landfill Site, and their Wastewater Treatment Plant. After learning everything that they do at this facility, I
Virginia YES! Team Visits St. Louis County Regional Landfill
Written by Sam Horner, Northeast YES! Coordinator On December 18th, the Virginia High School YES! team visited the St. Louis County Regional Landfill and Recycling Center. The team wanted to visit this site because one of their projects for the year will include them creating videos to encourage their fellow students to be less wasteful and hopefully recycle more. We visited the recycling
