{"id":30077,"date":"2026-05-18T12:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/?p=30077"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:11:10","slug":"scrap-metal-drive-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/2026\/05\/18\/scrap-metal-drive-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrap Metal Drive Raises Over $500"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30077\" class=\"elementor elementor-30077\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17b79a1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17b79a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49bd95d\" data-id=\"49bd95d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bfc20f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bfc20f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scrap Metal Drive Raises Over $500<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785dc33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"785dc33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-2c674ed elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>May 18, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-075e58e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"075e58e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3df9c99\" data-id=\"3df9c99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c924b4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c924b4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;ve tallied up all the donations from the Lincoln community, and the 2025-26 LPS Scrap Metal Drive raised $536!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-067094f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"067094f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-96b2872\" data-id=\"96b2872\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a0433c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a0433c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our recycling partners, Alter Metal Recycling and Sadoff Iron and Metal Recycling Company, accept a wide variety of metal items for recycling and track donations throughout the school year.<\/p><p>When members of the community recycled scrap metal at either of these locations, they could then donate all or part of the proceeds to the LPS Recycling Program. All told, the Lincoln community donated the recycling revenue from over 5,400 pounds of metal this school year!<\/p><p>These funds are used to replace aging or damaged recycling containers. These steel containers will themselves be recycled as scrap metal and replaced by containers <em>also<\/em> made from recycled steel.\u00a0<\/p><p>This continuous cycle from scrap into new, useful steel products is known as a closed loop. 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