Earth Day Recycle Challenge

Prizes, similar to this bench, will be awarded to the top performing schools in the 2013 Earth Day Recycle Challenge!

Each year, the Kent County Department of Public Works invites all Kindergarten through grade 5 schools in the Kent ISD to participate in the Earth Day Recycle Challenge to promote awareness for Earth Day (celebrated April 22nd each year) and to encourage recycling at an early age. Schools are challenged to collect a specific item for recycling and awards are given out to the top performing schools based on a per student average of the collected item. Past Recycle Challenge collected items have included CDs & DVDs, plastic grocery bags, plastic milk jugs and telephone books.

2013 Earth Day Recycle Challenge

Registration is closed. Please check back January 2014.

The competition takes place March 1-April 20. The item you’re promoting for recycling
is electronics!

» Recycle Challenge Flyer

2013 Earth Day Recycle Challenge Results

School Name	Participants	Weight (Lbs.)	Avg. Lbs./Student
Assumption	200	6040	30.20
Kettle Lake	415	10401	25.06
West MI Academy of Env. Science	265	6458	24.37
New Branches School	285	3698	12.98
Emmons Lake Elementary	427	5359	12.55
Our Lady of Consolation	239	2687	11.24
Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center	220	2256	10.25
Mulick Park	350	2257	6.45
Breton Downs Elementary	399	1940	4.86
Meadow Brook	541	1951	3.61
Creative Technologies Academy	300	961	3.20
Cummings Elementary	511	1511	2.96
Grand View Elementary	574	1612	2.81
Page Elementary	464	925	1.99
St Stephen Catholic School	211	168	0.80
Dutton Christian School	490	329	0.67
St. Anthony of Padua School	350	205	0.59
Shawnee Park Math Science Technology Aca	178	92	0.52
Brown Elementary	514	213	0.41
Grandville Christian School	564	216	0.38