Schools
Grand Prairie Wins $5,000 Prize in National Recycling Competition
The school, which collected and sorted more than 100,000 beverage containers, placed in the top 25 of the Dream Machine Recycle Rally contest.
As part of a 3½-month-long contest, the Grand Prairie Elementary School community to recycle, school officials said Monday.
The incredible amount of recycling has placed Grand Prairie in the top 25 of schools nationwide in the Dream Machine Recycle Rally contest, which ended April 30.
Each week, between 10,000 and 12,000 recyclable non-alcoholic beverage containers were brought to the school for parents, students and staff to scan and log as part of the contest, which was sponsored by Waste Management and PepsiCo.
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The school stacked 20,000 plastic or aluminum containers in bags on its lawn in a garbage mountain known as Mount Go Green to show the students what could have gone into landfills had they not recycled.
At Monday’s meeting, which was held at Grand Prairie, Principal Janan Szurek presented the school board with a $5,000 check that the school won as part of the recycling contest. The school will use the money to invest in other green initiatives, she said.
