Recycling not a ‘waste’ for Barrie school: St. Bernadette School makes the list

A Barrie Catholic school has ranked high in a Canadian waste diversion contest. St. Bernadette School placed eighth of the top 10 waste-collecting schools in the TerraCycle Canada waste collection program. The school's efforts of collecting drink pouches, sandwich bags and personal care/beauty product packaging diverted 6.273 units of waste from landfills from September 2011 to February 2012.