Kincardine school enters recycling contest to win picnic table

St. Anthony’s School, Kincardine, is competing to win a picnic table made from recycled GoGo squeeZ pouches through the inaugural “Ready, Set, GoGo” collection contest, courtesy of GoGo squeeZ, the applesauce snack brand, and recycling company TerraCycle.
 
The students hope to collect the most snack pouch waste, including the flexible pouches and plastic caps, before May 31. Schools earn one point for each GoGo squeeZ pouch sent to TerraCycle for recycling and one point per each vote received on the contest page during the contest period. The grand prize picnic table will be made from recycled waste collected through the GoGo squeeZ snack pouch recycling program, a free, national program operated by GoGo squeeZ and TerraCycle.
 

Readers can support St. Anthony’s School’s efforts by voting on-line at www.terracycle.ca/en-CA/contests/ready-set-gogo/  Look for the following name in the listing: BGCDSB, St. Anthony's School. You can vote once per day, and the "day" restarts at midnight.

“Each classroom at our school has a designated TerraCycle bin where students put all items accepted by TerraCycle,” says teacher Amanda Saxton who organizes TerraCycle at the school. “Green Team members empty the bins periodically into a larger bin and then waste is sorted monthly and shipped.
 
“We would love to win this contest because our school has been involved in TerraCycle for a number of years. It would be very rewarding for students to see first-hand an example of a product that can be created from the items we've been collecting for years.”
 
The GoGo squeeZ snack pouch recycling program recently hit a nationwide milestone of more than 315,000 units collected and nearly $7,000 raised for charity. The program is an ongoing activity, open to any individual, family, school or community group. For each piece of waste sent in, using a pre-paid shipping label, participants earn points that can be translated into charitable prizes or cash donations to the school or charity of their choice. To learn more about the program, visit:  www.terracycle.ca/en-CA/brigades/snack-pouch-brigade.