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Are you looking for a fun and creative way to increase school recycling participation in your community? Keep America Beautifulhas launched “Recycle-Bowl,” the first comprehensive nationwide recycling competition for elementary, middle and high-school students.
Open to all schools and classrooms, registration for the recycling competition and benchmarking program is now open on the Recycle-Bowl website at The competition runs from October 17 through November 12. 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 school in each state that collects the most recyclable material per capita will win $1,000. A national champion will then be chosen from among the statewide winners to receive an additional grand prize of $2,500.
Community recycling coordinators can easily register whole school districts by completing a spreadsheet that will be imported into the registration database. Visit the Recycling Resources page for more information.
The inaugural Recycle-Bowl is being sponsored by Nestlé Waters North America.
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Are you looking for a fun and creative way to increase school recycling participation or maybe begin a school recycling program in your community? Recycle-Bowl, a new nationwide comprehensive school recycling competition, could be your ticket to success.
Keep America Beautifulhas launched “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 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 at 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 school in each state that collects the most recyclable material per capita will win $1,000. A national champion will then be chosen from among the statewide winners to receive an additional grand prize of $2,500.
Community recycling coordinators can easily register whole school districts by completing a spreadsheet that will be imported into the registration database. Visit the Recycling Resources page for more information.
The first 1000 schools to register will receive a competition toolkit that includes posters, recycling prompts for the cafeteria, a library book (elementary), recycling curriculum (middle/high) and a coordinator t-shirt.
The inaugural Recycle-Bowl is being sponsored by Nestlé Waters North America.