About the Author: Sophie
Sophie King will be a senior at Athens Drive Magnet High School in the fall of 2024. Along with being an intern for Toward Zero Waste, she is heavily involved in sustainability initiatives within the triangle, serving as the Teen Representative for Cary’s Environmental Advisory Board, and working as a student representative within her school’s STEM Magnet program.
A Teen’s Perspective on Recycling
As an 11th grade student at Raleigh-based public school Athens Drive High School, I’ve learned to acclimate to some strange teenage behaviors and social norms. Yet what has never made sense to me is why most teens don’t seem to care about recycling. It’s one of the cardinal rules of elementary school science [...]
