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Ex-Buc Alstott Gets Kids Fired Up For Recycling

Tribune photo by JASON BEHNKEN

Fifth-grader Lauren Llopiz, 10, high-fives Mike Alstott this morning at Bryant Elementary School during a program kicking off a new recycling initiative.

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By COURTNEY CAIRNS PASTOR | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 12, 2008

TAMPA - Taylor Baccili held up her hand with reverence.

"This is my Mike Alstott hand," the 9-year-old said.

Taylor, a fourth-grader, and the former Buccaneer exchanged high-fives today at Bryant Elementary after Alstott spoke to her class.

Alstott teamed up with Waste Management to promote recycling. Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties this month started accepting cartons – such as milk, juice and broth -- along with other recyclables. Tampa already accepts those cartons.

Alstott talked to fourth- and fifth-graders at Bryant, 13910 Nine Eagles Drive, about the importance of recycling and asked them to hold up the orange juice and milk cartons they had been sipping. Then the children lined up to dispose of them in a recycling bin as Alstott greeted and praised them.

He encouraged students to spread the word: "You have to tell all of your families, all of your neighbors, all your friends in our community to do what?"

"Recycle," the children yelled.

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