Students in grades K-12 are invited to participate in a national recycling awareness contest sponsored by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and JASON Learning. The theme of this year's contest is "Recycling is Bigger than the Bin!"
Most of the recycling we see today happens in the blue bin in your house. We recycle our paper, newspapers, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and steel food cans by placing them in the blue bin and putting it on the curb once a week. That's easy!
But what about those things that are "bigger than the bin" -- how are those recycled?
All around us there are items that will not fit into that bin. Everything from bicycles to skyscrapers can potentially be recycled, but not in a blue bin.
Your challenge is to choose an item that is "bigger than the bin" and find a way to recycle it!
Then, create an original video or poster that tells us the story of how you recycled your chosen item. Tell us about your thought process, and show us the steps you took to solve this recycling challenge. Your video or poster should educate and inspire others to think more carefully, and act differently, the next time they need to discard an item that is "bigger than the bin!"
Sound like something you'd be interested in? Click the picture of the recycling bin for more information! All posters and videos are due by December 18th!