Goal = 1,000 schools
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.
67,144
TOTAL POUNDS COLLECTED - (12/03/22)
640
TOTAL registered schools - (12/03/22)
the top 100 parade
This is where the Top 100 Schools are featured on a weekly basis
Alvirne High School
Hudson, NH
Atholton High School
Columbia, MD
Atlantic Co. Special Services
Mays Landing, NJ
Ballentine Elementary
Irmo, SC
Beach Park Middle School
Beach Park, IL
Bel Air Elementary School
Woodbridge, VA
Briarcliff Middle School
Mountain Lakes, NJ
Brillion High School FCCLA
Brillion, WI
Building Bridges/Happy Hearts
Ashtabula, OH
Carl Sandburg Middle School
Old Bridge, NJ
Carrol Consolidated School Corp
Delphi, IN
Center School
Longmeadow, MA
Champlin Brooklyn Park Academy
Champlin, MN
Charles H Barrows STEM Academy
North Windham, CT
Christiansburg Primary School
Christiansburg, VA
Clear Lake Elementary School
Oxford, MD
Coffee County Middle School
Manchester, TN
Community School of Davidson
Davidson, NC
Cool Spring Elementary School
Mechanicsville, VA
Crown Point High School
Crown Point, IN
Crystal Spring Elementary
Roanoke, VA
Delaware Valley High School
Milford, PA
Denbigh High School
Newport News, VA
Desert Sage Elementary School
Pueblo West, CO
Discovery Montessori Academy
Princeton, MN
Doby's Bridge Elementary
Fort Mill, SC
Dock Mennonite Academy
Souderton, PA
Dr. MLK Jr. School
Portland, OR
E. Wilson Morrison Elementary School
Front Royal, VA
East Pike Elementary School
Indiana, PA
Einstein Middle School
Appleton, WI
First Lutheran School
Lake Geneva, WI
Flintstone Elementary School - Allegany
Flintstone, MD
Forest Park High School
Woodbridge, VA
Fort Island Primary School
Fairlawn, OH
Frances Hazel Reid Elementary School
Leesburg, VA
Freedom Elementary School
Sykesville, MD
Gayville - Volin High School
Gayville, SD
Hardyston Township Middle School Elementary School
Hamburg, NJ
Heritage Middle School
Summit, IL
Highland Lakes
Glendale, AZ
HL Johnson Elementary School
Royal Palm Beach, FL
Holly Springs High School
Holly Springs, NC
Horace Mann Elementary School
Indiana, PA
Howell Middle School South
Howell, NJ
Hudson Lab School
Hasting-on-Hudson, NY
Jefferson Elementary School
Crystal Lake, IL
John McLoughlin Elementary School
Oregon City, OR
Johnson-Williams Middle School
Berryville, VA
Kilby Shores Elementary School
Suffolk, VA
Kings Glen
Springfield, VA
Knowlton Twp School District
Columbia, NJ
Laurel Ridge Elementary School
Decatur, GA
Legacy Peak Elementary
Colorado Springs, CO
Liberty Middle School
Clifton, VA
LMCS Interact Club
Livingston Manor, NY
Lyme Consolidated School
Lyme, CT
Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Old-Lyme, CT
Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry Valley
Petaluma, CA
McHenry District 15, Landmark
McHenry, IL
Melrose Preschool CLass
Melrose, MN
Mile Creek School
Old Lyme, CT
Mill Hill Elementary School
Southport, CT
Morris Avenue Early Childhood
Long Branch, NJ
Morris Elementary School
McKinleyville, CA
Moscow Charter School
Moscow, ID
Mountain Ridge High School
Glendale, AZ
Narrows Elementary/Middle School
Narrows, VA
Norge Elementary School
Williamsburg, VA
North Cross School
Roanoke, VA
Oakdale High School
Ijamsville, MD
Oakland Terrace Elementary School
Silver Spring, MD
Oakwood Elementary School
Oshkosh, WI
Ocean View Elementary School
Norfolk, VA
Onteora Central Schools
Boiceville, NY
Packanack Elementary School
Wayne, NJ
Pine Road Elementary School
Huntingdon Valley, PA
PS 90
Brooklyn, NY
Red Mill Elementary School
VA Beach, VA
Red Pump Elementary School
Bel Air, MD
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD
Ring Factory Elementary School
Rockville, MD
River Dell Middle School
River Edge, NJ
Roosevelt High School Expedition Academy
Kent, OH
Sandpiper Elementary School
Scottsdale, AZ
Seattle Waldorf High School
Seattle, WA
Sevier Middle School
Greenville, SC
Spratley Gifted Center
Hampton, VA
Springhill Elementary
Alexander, AR
St. Patrick School
Onalaska, WA
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School
Hastings, MN
St. Joan of Arc School
Aberdeen, MD
Stevenson Elementary School
Lombard, IL
Stockbridge Central School
Stockbridge, VT
Sunrise Elementary School
DeSoto, MO
Sussex County Technical School
Sparta, NJ
Valley Christian School
Auburn, WA
Villa Rica High School
Villa Rica, GA
Walkersville High School
Walkersville, MD
Woodvale Elementary School
Lafayette, LA
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the recycle2win scoreboard
This is where you can track your schools progress on a weekly basis.
RANK | SCHOOL | CITY | STATE | LBS |
1 | Moscow Charter School/Moscow Idaho | Moscow | Idaho | 4866 |
2 | Denbigh High School | Newport News | Virginia | 3765 |
3 | Mountain Ridge High School – AZ | Glendale | Arizona | 3000 |
4 | Onteora Central Schools | Boiceville | New York | 1857 |
5 | Brillion High School FCCLA | Brillion | Wisconsin | 1818 |
6 | Gayville-Volin High School | Gayville | South Dakota | 1756 |
7 | Red Mill Elem | VA Beach | Virginia | 1727 |
8 | Freedom Elementary School | Sykesville | Maryland | 1608 |
9 | Fort Island Primary School | Fairlawn | Ohio | 1582 |
10 | Champlin Brooklyn Park Academy | Champlin | Minnesota | 1358 |
11 | Center School | Longmeadow | Massachusetts | 1197 |
12 | Narrows Elementary/Middle School | Narrows | Virginia | 969 |
13 | HL Johnson ES | Royal Palm Beach | Florida | 965 |
14 | Dr. MLK Jr. School | Portland | Oregon | 796 |
15 | Legacy Peak Elementary | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 783 |
16 | Spratley Gifted Center | Hampton | Virginia | 773 |
17 | John McLoughlin Elementary School | Oregon City | Oregon | 766 |
18 | Knowlton Twp School District | Columbia | New Jersey | 753 |
19 | Holly Springs High School | Holly Springs | North Carolina | 740 |
20 | Sandpiper Elementary School | Scottsdale | Arizona | 721 |
21 | River Dell Middle School | River Edge | New Jersey | 700 |
22 | Ocean View Elementary School | Norfolk | Virginia | 687 |
23 | Discovery Montessori Academy | Princeton | Minnesota | 633 |
24 | St Patrick School | Onalaska | Wisconsin | 604 |
25 | Building Bridges/Happy Hearts | Ashtabula | Ohio | 600 |
26 | Horace Mann Elementary – PA | Indiana | Pennsylvania | 587 |
27 | Packanack Elementary | WAYNE | New Jersey | 574 |
28 | Ballentine Elementary | irmo | South Carolina | 559 |
29 | Forest Park High School | Woodbridge | Virginia | 555 |
30 | Carrol Consolidated School Corp | Delphi | Indiana | 545 |
RANK | SCHOOL | CITY | STATE | LBS. |
1 | Moscow Charter School/Moscow Idaho | Moscow | Idaho | 4,866 |
2 | Onteora Central Schools | Boiceville | New York | 1,857 |
3 | Red Mill Elem | VA Beach | Virginia | 1,727 |
4 | Freedom Elementary School | Sykesville | Maryland | 1,608 |
5 | Fort Island Primary School | Fairlawn | Ohio | 1,582 |
6 | Champlin Brooklyn Park Academy | Champlin | Minnesota | 1,358 |
7 | Center School | Longmeadow | Massachusetts | 1,197 |
8 | Narrows Elementary/Middle School | Narrows | Virginia | 969 |
9 | HL Johnson ES | Royal Palm Beach | Florida | 965 |
10 | Dr. MLK Jr. School | Portland | Oregon | 796 |
11 | Legacy Peak Elementary | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 783 |
12 | Spratley Gifted Center | Hampton | Virginia | 773 |
13 | John McLoughlin Elementary School | Oregon City | Oregon | 766 |
14 | Knowlton Twp School District | Columbia | New Jersey | 753 |
15 | Sandpiper Elementary School | Scottsdale | Arizona | 721 |
16 | Ocean View Elementary School | Norfolk | Virginia | 687 |
17 | Discovery Montessori Academy | Princeton | Minnesota | 633 |
18 | St Patrick School | Onalaska | Wisconsin | 604 |
19 | Building Bridges/Happy Hearts | Ashtabula | Ohio | 600 |
20 | Horace Mann Elementary – PA | Indiana | Pennsylvania | 587 |
21 | Packanack Elementary | WAYNE | New Jersey | 574 |
22 | Ballentine Elementary | irmo | South Carolina | 559 |
23 | Carrol Consolidated School Corp | Delphi | Indiana | 545 |
24 | Lyme Consolidated School | Lyme | Connecticut | 540 |
25 | Bel Air Elementary School | Woodbridge | Virginia | 525 |
26 | Dock Mennonite Academy | Souderton | Pennsylvania | 517 |
27 | melrose preschool class | melrose | Minnesota | 500 |
28 | Morris Avenue Early Childhood | Long Branch | New Jersey | 478 |
29 | Woodvale Elementary School | Lafayette | Louisiana | 419 |
30 | McHenry District 15, Landmark | Mchenry | Illinois | 408 |
RANK | SCHOOL | CITY | STATE | LBS. |
1 | River Dell Middle School | River Edge | New Jersey | 700 |
2 | Einstein Middle School | Appleton | Wisconsin | 539 |
3 | North Cross School | Roanoke | Virginia | 386 |
4 | Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School | Old Lyme | Connecticut | 332 |
5 | Beach Park Middle School | Beach Park | Illinois | 268 |
6 | Hardyston Township Middle School | Hamburg | New Jersey | 224 |
7 | Johnson-Williams Middle School | Berryville | Virginia | 211 |
8 | Briarcliff Middle School | Mountain Lakes | New Jersey | 200 |
9 | Carl Sandburg Middle School Old Bridge NJ | Old bridge | New Jersey | 200 |
10 | Sevier Middle School | Greenville | South Carolina | 184 |
11 | Coffee County Middle School | Manchester | Tennessee | 180 |
12 | Howell Middle School South | Howell | New Jersey | 163 |
13 | Liberty Middle School | Clifton | Virginia | 159 |
14 | Heritage Middle School | Summit | Illinois | 153 |
15 | Sky View Middle School | Bend | Oregon | 140 |
16 | Mount Airy Middle School | Mount Airy | Maryland | 105 |
17 | Admiral Byrd Middle | Winchester | Virginia | 100 |
18 | Warren County Middle | Front Royal | Virginia | 92 |
19 | Dingman Delaware Middle School | Dingmans Ferry | Pennsylvania | 84 |
20 | RIVERSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | RIVERSIDE | New Jersey | 81 |
21 | Delaware Valley Middle School | Milford | Pennsylvania | 67 |
22 | Jordan Road Middle School | Somers Point | New Jersey | 64 |
23 | Cranbrook Middle School | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 60 |
24 | Iselin Middle School | Iselin | New Jersey | 60 |
25 | Prairie View M.S. | Sun Prairie | Wisconsin | 52 |
26 | Ocean Bay Middle School | Myrtle Beach | South Carolina | 50 |
27 | Benjamin Tasker Middle School | Bowie | Maryland | 47 |
28 | Roslyn Middle School | Roslyn Heights | New York | 47 |
29 | Henry C. Beck Middle School | Cherry Hil | New Jersey | 35 |
30 | Hillcrest Middle School | TRUMBULL | Connecticut | 33 |
RANK | SCHOOL | CITY | STATE | LBS |
1 | Denbigh High School | Newport News | Virginia | 3765 |
2 | Mountain Ridge High School – AZ | Glendale | Arizona | 3000 |
3 | Brillion High School FCCLA | Brillion | Wisconsin | 1818 |
4 | Gayville-Volin High School | Gayville | South Dakota | 1756 |
5 | Holly Springs High School | Holly Springs | North Carolina | 740 |
6 | Forest Park High School | Woodbridge | Virginia | 555 |
7 | Seattle Waldorf High School | Seattle | Washington | 530 |
8 | Roosevelt-Exped | Kent | Ohio | 520 |
9 | Delaware Valley High School | Milford | Pennsylvania | 481 |
10 | Oakdale High School | Ijamsville | Maryland | 421 |
11 | Alvirne High School/Hudson School District | Hudson | New Hampshire | 419 |
12 | Highland Lakes | Glendale | Arizona | 257 |
13 | Sussex County Technical School | Sparta | New Jersey | 255 |
14 | LMCS INTERACT CLUB | Livingston Manor | New York | 250 |
15 | Walkersville High | Walkersville | Maryland | 197 |
16 | Villa Rica High School | Villa Rica | Georgia | 187 |
17 | Atlantic Co. Special Services | Mays Landing | New Jersey | 172 |
18 | Atholton High School | Columbia | Maryland | 155 |
19 | Crown Point High School | Crown Point | Indiana | 153 |
20 | Richard Montgomery High School | Rockville | Maryland | 152 |
21 | Culpeper County High School | Culpeper | Virginia | 142 |
22 | Blackstone Valley Tech | Upton | Massachusetts | 126 |
23 | Greendale High School | Greendale | Wisconsin | 126 |
24 | Fredonia High School | Fredonia | New York | 120 |
25 | Avon Grove High School LEO Club | West Grove | Pennsylvania | 119 |
26 | Camas HS | Camas | Washington | 113 |
27 | Fauquier HS | Warrenton | Virginia | 113 |
28 | Oakland Mills High School | Columbia | Maryland | 107 |
29 | Sheboygan North High School | Sheboygan | Wisconsin | 103 |
30 | Coppell High School | Coppell | Texas | 99 |
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