Southington’s DePaolo Middle School Runner-Up
TerraCycle Include USA Colgate/ShopRite playground contest
DePaolo Middle School has been named the second runner up in the “Recycled Playground Challenge,” courtesy of Colgate, ShopRite, and recycling pioneer TerraCycle.
DePaolo earned a total of 8,494 Playground Credits by recycling waste and through online voting to place in the contest. The second runner up prize winner will receive 500 kids toothbrushes, 500 kids toothpaste tubes, a Colgate Bright Smiles Futures van visit, and a Shoprite gift card.
Flanders Elementary PTO, a Southington school organization, placed among the six honorable mentions with 1,539 Playground Credits.
The Recycled Playground Challenge launched in March 2016 among schools throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut and Maryland participating in the Colgate Oral Care Recycling Program a free recycling program operated by Colgate and TerraCycle. Participating schools earned one Playground Credit for each unit of oral care waste, such as empty toothpaste tubes and floss containers, sent to TerraCycle for recycling. Schools earned additional Playground Credits by encouraging parents and teachers to vote online.
The Colgate Oral Care Recycling Program is an ongoing activity, open to any individual, family, school or community group. For each piece of waste sent in using a pre-paid shipping label, participants earn money toward donations to the school or charity of their choice. To learn more about the Colgate® Oral Care Recycling Program program, visit www.terracycle.com.
To learn more about Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures®, Colgate’s global oral health education program, visit www.colgatebsbf.com.