Recycle-Bowl winners announced

By Editorial Staff, Resource Recycling

A school in a small town in Alabama has won the first-ever Recycle-Bowl, a competition sponsored by Keep America Beautiful that challenged 500,000 elementary, middle and high school students to recycle more of their waste.

Marshall Christian Academy of Albertville, Alabama bagged first place in the competition. Students at the school, which include grades K-10, recycled 41 pounds of material per child and reduced its garbage pickups by half.

The competition was held between Oct. 17 and Nov. 12 of last year in 47 states and saw participating schools recycle over 2 million pounds of recyclables. Prizes of $1,000 were given to the school in each state that recycled the most. A grand prize of $2,500 went to the top school. The competition was sponsored by Nestle Waters North America.

For a complete list of winners, visit www.Recycle-Bowl.org.

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