Following the ongoing recycling success at the Gorgona PCIS school, the Colegio Bilingue El Sembrador is now launching its own recycling program. As in Gorgona this new project is made possible with the support of Recimetal Panama who have offered to pick up the recyclable materials at no charge. The lovely representatives of Recimetal visited the Colegio Bilingue El Sembrador on Thursday October 6th and delivered an interactive multimedia presentation to the 120 students aged 3 to 12. This new initiative will be a much needed fund raiser for the modest school. For example, every 100 aluminum cans will generate approximately $1. The moneys raised by the recycling program will help the school in many ways like upgrading their playground, painting classrooms, fixing roofs and installing security fencing around the school's parking. Only aluminum cans and white paper (office type) will be collected for the moment. This strategy as been adopted in order to keep the recycling instructions as simple as possible and because these are the most valuable and ecologically important materials. Of course the school plans to expend the recycling effort to other materials in the near future.

The Colegio Bilingue El Sembrador is located in San Jose between km #86 and 87 on the mountain side of the Panamerican Highway just before the "retorno" at the Cemento Panama plant when heading north towards San Carlos on the corner of a little street called "Avenida Los Portales" (*see map). From the highway you will mainly see the little Baptist church and its parking which are in front of their school. A recycling banner will soon be erected to mark the entrance to the Recycling Center.

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