GMU Elementary and Middle/High School have BOTH been named the winners of Otsego County Conservation Association's plastic film recycling contest.
Each group had the highest weight collected per capita--6.78 lbs and 1.88 lbs, respectively. Other schools in the competition were Morris, Cherry Valley-Springfield, Cooperstown, Oneonta, Richfield Springs, Unatego, and Worcester. In total, GMU collected 1,821 pounds of the 4,000 pounds.
The GMU effort was organized by art teacher Ashley Hughes.
The results were announced April 13 at the Earth Festival in Milford. Our prize for winning the contest will be a visit from the Zoomobile in June!
For those interested in continuing to recycle their plastic film, please see the attached graphic for more information.
Total Pounds of plastic collected per grade level:
Pre-K: 144.1 lbs
Kindergarten: 226.5 lbs
1st: (Elementary winner!) 323.1 lbs
2nd: 254 lbs
3rd: 97.3 lbs
4th: 94.4 lbs
5th: 178.9 lbs
6th: 33.3 lbs
Mrs. Acunto's class: 9.9 lbs
Ms. Titus' class: 13.95 lbs
7th: 89.3 lbs
8th: 9.9 lbs
9th: 154.2 lbs
10th: 25.5 lbs
11th: 87.1 lbs
12th: 19.8 lbs