One Success Story. NexTrex Recycling Challenge
In December 2023, inspired by disturbing news of plastic bags proliferating in our landfills, open spaces, waterways, oceans and threatening the health of marine animals, a club member brought us information about the NexTrex Recycling Challenge. We registered, set a 12-month collection period, and collected, weighed, recorded, and photographed 1000 pounds of plastic bag waste, earning a green Trex bench. Members bring bags to meetings or deposit them in collection boxes supplied by Nextrex, kept at three members homes, where they are compressed and submitted at participating stores. We were so motivated that we met our first goal in eleven months! We donated the bench to GreenVisions, a Workforce Development Project in the City of Rochester with whom we’ve worked since 2016. They also received the 2023 GCA Common Ground Grant. Beginning again in December of 2024, the energized members of Allyn’s Creek GC, their families, friends, and through outreach to businesses in the community, ha...