Suffolk: Walt Whitman grads to go green
Photo credit: Handout | Students from Walt Whitman High School in South Huntington wear graduation gowns made of recycled plastic bottles. The school's Class of 2012 recently voted to wear graduation caps and gowns this spring that are being spun from recycled plastic bottles. The eco-friendly line of graduation wear, called GreenWeaver, uses about 23 bottles per gown and is made of fabric spun from molten plastic pellets. (January 2012)
Walt Whitman High School in South Huntington is taking recycling to a whole new level.
The school's Class of 2012 recently voted to wear graduation caps and gowns this spring that are being spun from recycled plastic bottles. The eco-friendly line of graduation wear, called GreenWeaver, uses an average of 23 bottles per gown and is made of fabric spun from molten plastic pellets.
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