Environment and Conservation
Monday, October 20, 2014

The following is being distributed at the request of the Multi-Materials Stewardship Board:

Media Advisory: Minister to Launch Recycling Pilot Project

The Honourable Dan Crummell, Minister of Environment and Conservation and Minister Responsible for the Multi-Materials Stewardship Board, will be at Crescent Collegiate in Blaketown tomorrow (Tuesday, October 21) at 11:30 a.m. to launch Recycle at School, a pilot project designed to explore the potential to recycle more at schools in the province.

Minister Crummell will be joined by Ed Grant, Chair, Eastern Regional Service Board, and Darrin Pike, CEO and Director of Education, Newfoundland and Labrador English School District.

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Media contacts:

Deborah Thomas Director of Communications Department of Environment and Conservation Office of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 709-729-2575, 728-8092 deborahthomas@gov.nl.ca

Jill Thomas Myrick Director of Marketing, Communications and Public Education Multi-Materials Stewardship Board 709-757-3696, 689-4795

2014 10 20                                        2:50 p.m.