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Dec. 22, 2000 For further information, contact Marjorie Crofts, 302-739-4764; or Melinda Carl, 302-739-4506 Schools to Compete in "Kids for a Greener Delaware" ContestLearning to recycle really pays off. That's what elementary school students from Wilmington, Newark, Middletown and Dover will discover this spring, as they compete in the "Kids for a Greener Delaware" contest announced by Gov. Thomas R. Carper last September. Sponsored by the Department of Education and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the contest will award cash prizes to the first, second and third-place schools that collect the most recyclables from January through May 2001. The Delaware Solid Waste Authority will provide all 'RECYCLE DELAWARE' containers and maintain each center throughout the year. "This is an excellent opportunity to educate our students on the importance and value of resource conservation," said Governor Carper. "Our elementary students will learn first-hand an economic and environmental lesson in recycling that can only enhance their knowledge and awareness of the amount of material discarded in our throw-away society. Learning to reuse and recycle is an investment in their future." Bancroft Academy and Brandywine Springs Elementary in Wilmington, Gallagher Elementary and Forest Oak Elementary in Newark, Reading Intermediate School in Middletown, and Booker T. Washington and Towne Point Elementary in Dover provided space for 'RECYCLE DELAWARE' centers at their schools and agreed to maintain them for two years. Gov. Carper developed the contest to increase recycling efforts within schools and their surrounding communities. The school parent-teacher organization of the first, second and third-place contest winners will receive $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000, respectively. Other participating schools will receive $500 for collecting a minimum of 5,000 pounds of recyclables. The 'RECYCLE DELAWARE' centers installed at each elementary school consist of multi-colored "igloo" containers for clear, brown and green glass; newspapers, magazines and phone books; corrugated cardboard; household batteries; aluminum and steel cans; and narrow-neck plastic bottles. -30- Document no. 40-01/00/12/18 |
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