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Top Your Total School Recycling Contest - A TOTAL SuccessFriday, June 15, 2012
Schools in Newfoundland and Labrador have once again demonstrated their commitment to improving our environment by recycling a whopping 4.2 million used beverage containers as part of the Multi-Materials Stewardship Board’s (MMSB) Top Your Total School Contest. As a result of the contest, schools reduced our province’s carbon emissions by more than 230 metric tonnes, equivalent to planting over 210,000 trees.
Launched in March, the Top Your Total School Contest was open to all K-12 schools throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. The contest challenged schools to recycle more beverage containers during the month of March than their average monthly number of containers recycled during the previous school year.
The MMSB offered a Gold prize of $10,000 to the school that had the highest percentage increase over their previous Top Your Total figure. In addition, the MMSB offered the top-performing schools from the four regions of the province a $2,000 cash prize, and each school that exceeded their total from last year also received an extra five cent payment for every container above the Top Your Total figure. Through the contest, the MMSB is making a financial contribution of more than $600,000 to schools province-wide.
Winners of the Top Your Total School Contest are:
$10,000 Gold Winner:
Northern Lights Academy, Rigolet
$2,000 Silver Winners: (Highest Percentage Increase)
Perlwin Elementary, Winterton - Eastern
John Watkins Academy, Hermitage - Central
Main River Academy, Pollard’s Point - Western
Eric G. Lambert, Churchill Falls - Labrador
$2,000 Silver Winners: (Largest Number of Containers)
Crescent Collegiate, Blaketown - Eastern
Exploits Valley Intermediate, Grand Falls-Windsor - Central
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Corner Brook - Western
Menihek High School, Labrador City - Labrador
Bronze Winners: (Schools that topped their totals)
217 of the 245 participating schools will receive an extra payment for containers collected above their totals!
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