By Karen Rice • Official Kids Mag
Photos by Karen Rice & Samantha McClain
Last month, kids from all over our area went to the
Bentonville Square's First Friday event. The theme of the
event was "Growing Greener," and while they had fun,
kids learned a little about recycling and protecting the
earth. From bottles made from bicycle tires, to a crawl-
through maze inside a dumpster, kids were thinking green
and having a blast.
A company called Unilever got the party started.
Unilever wants to spread the word about recycling plastic
and growing a greener earth. At the "Growing Greener"
event, they had a giant display wall with empty plastic
bottles attached to it. They encouraged kids to pull a
bottle off the wall and throw it into a giant recycling bin.
They also had fun ocean animals to color, and gave away
plantable seed paper discs.
According to Unilever, every minute the equivalent of
one trash truck of plastic leaks into streams and rivers and
eventually ends up in the ocean. About 100 million marine
animals die each year because of discarded plastic. But
only 9% of plastic is recycled. Unilever has promised that
by the year 2025, 100% of their plastic packaging will be
reusable, recyclable or compostable.
Also at the event, Whiteline Waste had a Speleo Cave
that was entirely built from recycled materials, inside a
dumpster. Kids had a blast exploring the dumpster cave
(don't worry, there was no trash inside!)
And here's the good news! Every kid we talked to at the
event already recycles at home and knows that recycling is
good for the earth. Way to go kids!!
BRINGING
IT TO THE
B I N
Kids grow green
in Northwest
Arkansas
40 • Off icialKidsMag.com MAY 2019
