Number of Participants: 1
Hours Donated: 100
Value of Time Served: $845
Event Type: Environment
Sport: Other
Date: October 25, 2021
Location:
Oyster Bay
NY, USA
About:
An Oyster Bay High School senior is doing her part to decrease the amount of electronic waste, or e-waste, that ends up in landfills. Joan Olivero created the program, Cord Clutter Connection for her Girl Scout Gold Award Project. The goal of the program is to educate people about e-waste and reduce the waste footprint in the Oyster Bay community.
As part of the Cord Clutter Connection project, Olivero set up recycling bins at Town Hall North and Town Hall South, as well as at Oyster Bay High School. The bins gave her community and peers the opportunity to properly dispose of unused cords, cables and wires. One of the messages Cord Clutter Connection aims to spread is that the improper disposal of old cords contaminates the environment and may be linked to health issues in people, animals and food production.
The Gold Award is the most prestigious award in Girl Scouts. The projects chosen are meant to fix a problem in the girl scout’s local community or make a change in their world.
Photo caption: Oyster Bay High School senior Joan Olivero created the program, Cord Clutter Connection for her Girl Scout Gold Award Project. Here she is photographed with one of her collection bins at OBHS, where she encouraged students and staff to properly dispose of unused cords, cables and wires in order to decrease the amount of e-waste that ends up in landfills.
Photos courtesy of Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central Schools