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Pennsylvania Schools Can Win Thousands Recycling In Recycle-Bowl
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Keep America Beautiful, Inc., the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization, today announced the launch of “Recycle-Bowl,” the first comprehensive nationwide recycling competition for elementary, middle and high-school students.
Recycle-Bowl was created to provide students with a fun, interactive way to learn about waste reduction and environmental responsibility through in-school recycling.
Open to all U.S. schools and classrooms, the incentive-based recycling competition and benchmarking program kicks off this October and registration is now open on the Recycle-Bowl website.
The competition runs from October 17 through November 12, culminating around America Recycles Day. Participating schools will track and report how much recyclable material they collect for a chance to win prizes.
At the close of the four-week competition, the Pennsylvania school that collects the most recyclable material per capita will win $1,000 and will be entered into a national competition to receive an additional grand prize of $2,500 from Nestle Waters.
The four runner ups will each receive $500 from Greenstar Recycling, a leading recycler in America and contributing partner of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and the Recycle-Bowl Competition in Pennsylvania.
“We are excited to support this program,” commented Matt Delnick, Chief Executive of Greenstar Recycling. “Household recycling is often led by America’s youth. Recycle-Bowl will help drive important environmental change by educating and motivating our students to recycle – one of the best things everyone can do for our planet.”
Participating schools in Philadelphia, in partnership with Keep Philadelphia Beautiful, will also be entered into a citywide competition that will award $500 to an elementary, middle and high school that collects the most recycling material per capita during the four week period.
“Recycle-Bowl is about much more than simply winning a prize,” said Matt McKenna, president and chief executive officer of Keep America Beautiful. “Through this fun competition, we’re providing students, teachers and administrators across the country with an opportunity to learn more about the economic and environmental benefits of recycling, and inspire their families to take similar actions both at home and in their communities.”
For more information on its community improvement programs, visit the Keep America Beautiful or the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful websites.
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10/10/2011 |
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