Subject: Local non-profit Recycle Montana is working to promote a Recycle Bowl
Competition for schools this fall and provide presentations across the state
year round. At least one Montana school is guaranteed to win $1000.
Last years 2011 Keep America Beautiful
Recycle Bowl Competition reached over 1,200 schools nationally and included
participation by schools across Montana. Victor School, West Elementary School
in Great Falls, Independent Elementary School in Billings, and Amsterdam
Elementary School in Manhattan were the winning schools in the Treasure
State. Eight schools have signed up so far this year. Recycle Montana, a
local non-profit dedicated to recycling, hopes to increase those signups in the
coming weeks and engage schools in recycling year round.
The competition is open to
all elementary, middle and high schools-public or private. Recycle-Bowl
participants will track and report how much material (cans, bottles and paper)
they collect during the four-week competition timeframe. 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 the top statewide winners to receive
an additional $1,000 and a $2,500 store credit to purchase more recycling bins.
Schools that collect material from the community will compete in a separate
category for first-, second- and third- place cash prizes.
The competition will be held
October 15 to November 9, 2012. Registration takes place at www.recycle-bowl.org and closes
Tuesday, October 9, 2012. Educational materials, including lesson
plans are available to help. Schools can also contact Recycle Montana online at
RecycleMontana.org or at (406) 461 – 9106 with event questions or for help with
recycling in their school and community. Recycle Montana will also visit the
winning school to present the award and offers year round recycling presentations.
Recycle
Montana sponsors recycling presentation across the state by Jim Dochnahl, who
has presented recycling education to 90,000 students. In the 2011/2012 school
year alone, he visited more than 9,000 students in 64 schools in twenty counties
across the state. “We are very pleased with the results and look forward
to reaching even more students this year,” said Mark Nelson, President of the
Recycle Montana Board of Directors who also works as the director of solid
waste and recycling for Lake County. Recycle Montana strives to be a
recycling resource for schools, communities, and Montanans looking to recycle.
