ARE EACH PLAYED CONCESSION ROW AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK IS ALSO FILLED WITH A LOT OF DELICIOUS FOOD AND DRINKS. BUT ALL OF THOSE TREATS CAN LEAD TO A LOT OF TRASH. YES, GENEVIEVE SPOKE WITH THE LOCAL STEM SCHOOL. SEE WHAT THEY’RE DOING TO MAKE BALLOON FIESTA LITTLE GREENER FOR ALL NINE DAYS OF BALLOON FIESTA. THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR CLASSMATES ARE GOING TO SCHOOL BY DAY AND RECYCLING BY AND EVEN SOME MORNINGS TO BASICALLY GO TO ALL OF THE RECYCLED BINS AND WE SWITCH OUT THE RECYCLE BAGS, CLEAN UP THEIR BINS, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS TIDY, PEOPLE TO RECYCLE, AND THEN WE JUST THROW THOSE AWAY. IT’S A GREAT TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING THAT IS VERY WIDELY BY THE ENTIRE STATE AND THE CITY. ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE HAS PARTNERED WITH ALBUQUERQUE SOLID WASTE MORE THAN A DECADE. THESE STUDENTS ARE AMAZING WE’RE SO GLAD THAT THEY’RE DEDICATED THEIR COMMUNITY AND NOW IT’S THEIR COMMUNITY. BUT JUST GROWING IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO THESE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN MODEL UNITED NATIONS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MODEL U.N., WHERE THEY LEARN HOW THE U.N. OPERATES. SOLID WASTE GIVES THEM A GRANT IN FOR THEIR CLEANUP WORK, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO OFFSET THE COST OF TWO ANNUAL CONFERENCES. THE NEW MEXICO MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE AND THE YMCA, MEXICO YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE. IT’S EXPENSIVE TO GO ON THOSE CONFERENCES, SO IT’S NICE TO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY ON THE ONE HAND. AND IT’S ALSO NICE TO PAY LESS. SO REMEMBER THE NEXT TIME YOU’RE AT THE PARK, PLEASE PUT THE RECYCLING IN THE RECYCLING. IN THE TRASH. IT IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PICK UP TURKEY LEGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THEIR VAN. THINK OF THESE HARD WORKING SCHOOL STUDENTS DOING THEIR PART TO KEEP ALBUQUERQUE BEAUTIFUL. THEY ALSO WANTED ME TO REMIND EVERYONE TO NEVER PUT ANY FOOD ITEMS IN RECYCLE BINS. AND IF YOU’RE EVER IN DOUBT, PLEASE JUST THROW IT OUT IN THE TRASH. LIVE AT BALLOON FIESTA PARK, I’M