Public and private school students in Fayette County gathered more than 192,000 aluminum beverage cans during this fall’s citywide recycling competition. In terms of weight, that totaled 5,498 pounds. Mayor Jim Gray and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council recognized the effort at the council’s Dec. 6 meeting.
Students from 22 schools competed in the four-week Recycle Bowl, formerly known as Cans for Cash. This was the seventh consecutive year for the Lexington contest. In addition to cash prizes, the schools were paid by the pound for the cans they turned in to Wise Recycling and Baker Iron and Metal.
The three schools that recycled the most cans per student in their respective size category received $750 apiece. The six schools that collected the most cans regardless of their student population each received $450. The funding came from Wise Recycling, Central Kentucky Fiber, the Keep Lexington Beautiful Commission and LFUCG’s Division of Waste Management.
Winners from Fayette County Public Schools:
-
Rosa Parks Elementary, $750
-
Family Care Center, $750
-
Cardinal Valley Elementary, $450
-
Wellington Elementary, $450
-
Lexington Day Treatment, $450
Participation certificates went to Ashland, Athens-Chilesburg, Dixie, Mary Todd, Russell Cave and Veterans Park elementaries; Beaumont, Leestown and Morton middle schools; and Henry Clay, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Tates Creek high schools.
For more details, call Jada Griggs with Bluegrass Partnership for a Green Community, (859) 425-2343.