Last month, Moose Jaw City Council approved a Request for Proposals to see what companies might be interested in a contract for curbside recycling, with some councillors saying it won't make a difference, it costs too much and isn't practical for a prairie city.

But Monday night, students from Sunningdale School went to council to show them it will make a difference. The students have been studying recycling, toured the landfill and conducted a door to door survey showing just six out of 100 homes didn't support curbside recycling.  The students present their findings to council Monday night

"We saw the amount of things that aren't recycled. There is an awful lot of stuff that could have been recycled." said Amaira Homister during the council meeting. "Our goal is to make recycling bins mandatory in Moose Jaw. If we could make that happen, we could save ten to twenty pounds of garbage every two weeks for every household."

Kennedy Harrison, Neleah Schauenberg, Evan Polupski, Max Coulson and Quinn Barber presented their findings to councillors under the guidance of their teacher Mr. Raes. The students talked about teaching the younger students in their school about recycling, planning for the future and keeping our city clean.

They also showed a short video of them speaking with teachers from around their school and asking what they thought about recycling.

Councillors were impressed with the presentation and Don Mitchell compared it to the stop smoking in public places campaign a few years ago that led to a smoking ban across the province.

City Hall is still waiting to see if any companies are interested in a contract for curbside recycling in Moose Jaw but early estimates put the cost at about $9 per household per month.