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!
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 |
Info to help you spread the word!
We took the Challenge! (list of accepted electronics & directions to 3 electronics recycling sites)
Earth Day Recycle Challenge udpate email #5: How Electronics Get Recycled at Comprenew
Earth Day Recycle Challenge update email #4: Television Recycling
Earth Day Recycle Challenge update email #3: Cell Phone Recycling
Earth Day Recycle Challenge update email #2: Computer Recycling
Earth Day Recycle Challenge update email #1: Electronics Recycling
Life Cycle of a Cell Phone (poster - english)
Life Cycle of a Cell Phone (poster - Spanish)
Life Cycle of a DVD (poster - english)
Electronics Waste Management in the United States Through 2009, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Miscellaneous Links
Learn more about Comprenew, the organization that recycles electronics on behalf of Kent County
Certificate of Recycling



