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Friday, November 06, 2015—Keep Bartow Beautiful has reported that recycling is still strong in Bartow County, if the local schools are any indication. This year, at almost the halfway point for Keep Bartow Beautiful’s annual School Recycling Contest, from which runs August 1 to March 31 of each school calendar year, the overall total for all schools comes to 209,456 pounds, or 105 tons.
Keep Bartow Beautiful was recognized last year by the U.S. Green Building Council, Georgia Chapter, at their High Performance Healthy Schools Recognition Day Banquet in Atlanta. The award recognized their annual recycling contest involving 26 schools for Excellence in Recycling. Since the contest’s inception in 2005, with the assistance of Anheuser-Busch Recycling St. Louis, MO, and with ongoing support from Anheuser’s Cartersville operations, Bartow County Solid Waste, and other local businesses and industries, the contest has accounted for over 3000 tons of school recycling diverted from the landfill and to the Bartow County Recycling Hub.
Each year, over $4000 in prizes are awarded to the winning schools, based on pounds per student at the end of the school year. The awards are presented on or around Earth Day, April 22, of that current school year.
Here are the current numbers for each school.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
ADAIRSVILLE ELEMENTARY………………………………………………………………………6,760 pounds
ALLATOONA ELEMENTARY……………………………………………………………………….7,470 pounds
CARTERSVILLE ELEMENTARY……………………………………………………………………6,760 pounds
CARTERSVILLE PRIMARY………………………………………………………………………….5,640 pounds
CLEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY……………………………………………………………………..1,340 pounds
CLOVERLEAF ELEMENTARY……………………………………………………………………..6,700 pounds
EMERSON ELEMENTARY………………………………………………………………………….1,080 pounds
EUHARLEE ELEMENTARY………………………………………………………………………..45,660 pounds
HAMILTON CROSSING……………………………………………………………………………NO REPORT
KINGSTON ELEMENTARY………………………………………………………………………..1,590 pounds
MISSION ROAD ELEMENTARY…………………………………………………………………22,256 pounds
PINE LOG ELEMENTARY………………………………………………………………………….NO REPORT
TAYLORSVILLE ELEMENTARY…………………………………………………………………. 7,920 pounds
WHITE ELEMENTARY……………………………………………………………………………..11,560 pounds
MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOLS
ADAIRSVILLE HIGH……………………………………………………………………………………………….3,880 pounds
ADAIRSVILLE MIDDLE…………………………………………………………………………………………..2,880 pounds
CARTERSVILLE MIDDLE…………………………………………………………………………………………7,340 pounds
CARTERSVILLE HIGH……………………………………………………………………………………………..5,540 pounds
CASS HIGH……………………………………………………………………………………………………………11,740 pounds
CASS MIDDLE………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5,600 pounds
SOUTH CENTRAL MIDDLE……………………………………………………………………………………..7,100 pounds
WOODLAND HIGH………………………………………………………………………………………………..5,740 pounds
WOODLAND MIDDLE…………………………………………………………………………………………..17,200 pounds
SPECIAL DIVISION—OTHER
BARTOW COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMY…………………………………………………………..2,560 pounds
BARTOW COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION…………………………………………………………….4,620 pounds
EXCEL ACADEMY……………………………………………………………………………………………………5,260 pounds