Recycling Program

Maplewood Mennonite Church
Fort Wayne, IN

Finally, items such as fluorescent light bulbs, old Sunday School materials, used motor oil, ink jet cartridges, alkaline batteries, and laser/toner cartridges are also collected at the church and taken to places where they are recycled, reused, or properly discarded. Because of these many efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle, the trash pickup weekly for the church and its onsite preschool is 30 pounds a week, making their annual trash removal less than one ton. Pastor Schmell says, “God has blessed us with an enormous amount and variety of raw materials, and the knowledge of how to use them to benefit our lives. Along with these gifts comes the responsibility to recognize God as the giver, and to humbly care for His creation."

Maplewood Mennonite Church has received the 2002 Excellence in Recycling 3R Award, and the 2003 Honorable Mention Excellence in Recycling 3R Award, presented by the Allen County (IN) Solid Waste District.

Contact: Pastor Barry Schmell at maplemenno@aol.com