16th Annual Trex® Plastic Film Recycling Challenge
Trex Company, together with Charter Next Generation, Inc., is calling on K-12 students across the country to join this year’s Trex® Plastic Film Recycling Challenge for a chance to win prizes for collecting and recycling as much polyethylene (PE) plastic film as possible over a five-month period between America Recycles Day (Nov. 15) and Earth Day (April 22). In addition to earning national recognition, top-performing schools can win high-performance Trex outdoor living products for their campuses as well as cash prizes to use toward educational programming and supplies.
TOTAL POUNDS COLLECTED - 421,623 lbs.
TOTAL REGISTERED SCHOOLS - 780 schools
the top 100 parade
Will return and reflect final Standings on April 28, 2023
Aspen Elementary School
Thousand Oaks, CA
Ballentine Elementary School
Irmo. SC
Bloomer High School
Bloomer, WI
Carl Sandburg Middle School
Old Bridge, NJ
Champlin Brooklyn Park Academy
Champlin, MN
Chelsea High School
Chelsea, MI
Denbigh High School
Newport News, VA
Einstein Middle School
Appleton, WI
Esko High School
Esko, MN
Forest Park High School
Woodbridge, VA
Fort Island Primary School
Fairlawn, OH
Gayville-Volin High School
Gayville, SD
Grafton Bethel Elementary School
Yorktown, VA
Mansfield St. Mary's Elementary School
Mansfield, OH
Moscow Charter School
Moscow, ID
Onteora Central Schools
Boicevilee, NY
Riverside Middle School
Riverside, NJ
Woodland Elementary School
Monroe Township, NJ
York Community High School
Elmhurst, IL
2023 Recycle2Win Award Winners:
2023 Overall Winner:
1st: Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia collected 28,435 lbs
awarded $7500 as the overall winner($5,000+ $2,500)
2023 Top Elementary School Winners:
1st: Onteora Central Schools in Boiceville, New York collected 12,105 lbs – awarded $5000
2nd: Woodland Elementary School in Monroe Township, New Jersey collected 9,682 lbs – awarded $3000
3rd: Moscow Charter School in Moscow, Idaho collected 7,785 lbs – awarded $2500
2023 Top Middle School Winners:
1st: Einstein Middle School in Appleton, Wisconsin collected 6,128 lbs – awarded $5000
2nd: Carl Sandburg Middle School in Old Bridge, New Jersey collected 2,400 lbs – awarded $3000
3rd: Riverside Middle School in Riverside, New Jersey collected 2,375 lbs – awarded $2500
2023 Top High School Winners:
1st: Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia collected 28,435 lbs – awarded $5,000
2nd: Gayville-Volin High School in Gayville, South Dakota collected 21,626 lbs – awarded $3000
3rd: Chelsea High School in Chelsea, Michigan collected 21,120 lbs – awarded $2500
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