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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