From tree giveaways to an initiative to save quail habitat, and consumer offerings ranging from earrings made of recycled paper to a podcast celebrating the intersection of hip hop, gardening, and …
Burmese Python “Twinkie” is met with mixed reactions from children during the Silly Safaris show at the 16th annual Recycling and Waste Reduction District of Porter County Earth Day Program on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
Ellen Kapitan, with Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction, hands a chokecherry sapling to Junkluggers employee Lou Macaluso during the 16th annual Recycling and Waste Reduction District of Porter County Earth Day Program on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Habitat for bobwhite quail and Chinese ring-necked pheasant was the focus of Scott Palla, who showed off the live birds at the Izaak Walton League of Porter County booth. Bobwhites are a species native to Indiana.
Private enterprises such as U.S. Steel, Pratt Industries, Junkluggers and several solid waste management companies offered booths in between the many nonprofits educating attendees. Third grader Katherine Keirn of Troop 35650 stood behind jars of items such as tampons and diapers floating in water to illustrate “tiny pieces of plastic that they can’t get out of the water and then you drink the water.”
A passerby makes a point to compliment the girls. “I saw your booth yesterday and it is one of the best,” she told them.
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