There is nothing glamorous about sorting through thousands of bottles year-round. It isn’t a pretty sight. However, that is exactly what one CLB volunteer does every week.
For the past two years, Norm Spooner has been diligently picking up bottles from around Whitecourt from various businesses on Wednesdays and Saturdays. To get a better understanding of the grueling work that he does, I went for a ride along with him in the Community Lunch Box bottle pick up truck.
“It’s not as bad as it used to be,” Spooner shared with me, “It’s made a world of difference, ever since the c...