Recycle Bowl: Inter school competition recovers 2 mn pounds of waste

STAMFORD: Keep America Beautiful Inc, nations largest educational organization,announced the winners of its first inter school recycling competition, Recycle-Bowl.

More than 1200 schools were marked first and an amount of 2 million pounds of recyclables were recovered.

In the first nation wide recycling competition, more than 50000 students from 47 states participated.

On average, 5.32 pounds of material was collected per person during the four weeks of the competition.

Marshall Christian Academy in Albertville, Ala., secured the first prize where each student recovered 41 pounds of recyclables. The school earned a prize money of $3,500.

Matt McKenna, president and CEO of Keep America Beautiful is thrilled about the success of the inaugural year of the Recycle-Bowl.

The total amount of recyclables recovered between the period of October 17th to 10th of November, prevented the release of nearly 990 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E).

The competition offered a $1,000 prize to the school in each state that collected the most recyclable material per capita

Nestle Waters North America were the official sponsors of this year's Recycle-Bowl program.