Monday, 21 June 2010
Miranda Brooke Pawline possesses a smile that can light up a whole town, has a charitable and giving heart … and her beauty can’t be diminished even when she dresses in a gown she created entirely from recycled plastic shopping bags.
She’s New Jersey’s Eco-Friendly Cinderella.
Miranda was honored recently for starting a municipal plastic bag recycling program, called Delanco Recycles Our Plastic (D.R.O.P.) Bags, after repeatedly seeing plastic bags floating in the Delaware River and Rancocas Creek. The program was initially adopted by the Delanco Township School System four years ago and has since grown to include participation by local schools, libraries and municipal buildings.
“I am really happy with the success of the D.R.O.P. Bags program, and I hope the idea can spread to other towns and schools throughout the state,” said the 14-year-old Miranda. “I never would have guessed that so much would have come out of a girl’s dream of helping her town be a better place to live.”
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