pic: After having our 2015 game piece on the floor of our build space for a few days this happened...

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Originally Posted by Libby K

I'd suggest taping a piece of paper inside the lid (to cover the hole) and writing "NOT FOR TRASH! - FIRST Robotics Game Piece" on there. 1923 has their build space to themselves and we still have students accidentally put empty water bottles in our game piece. It's just instinct - see the closest can, put your trash/recycling in it. Having a visual reminder will help people.

Wow, your students actually put the empties in the containers?
Sometimes after a long build day, we spend time collecting the empties (or half-drank waters) from around the shop.
Or even worse.. find them in the TRASH and not in the returnable bin.
We do allot of fundraising (as I'm sure you all do), and bottle drives are one of our biggest! And to see a 5 cent bottle in the trash makes me cringe, and so we say something like "Hey Students, have you NOT been at a BERT bottle drive??!!"


(lol)