St. Anthony’s School is competing to win a picnic table made from recycled GoGo squeeZ pouches through the inaugural “Ready, Set, GoGo” collection contest, courtesy of GoGo squeeZ, the applesauce snack brand, and recycling company TerraCycle. St. Anthony’s School is hoping to collect the most snack pouch waste, including the flexible pouches and plastic caps, before May 31. Schools earn one point for each GoGo squeeZ pouch sent to TerraCycle for recycling and one point per each vote received on the contest page during the contest period. The grand prize picnic table will be made from recycled waste collected through the GoGo squeeZ Snack Pouch Recycling Program, a free, national program operated by GoGo squeeZ and TerraCycle. “Each classroom at our school has a designated TerraCycle bin where students put all items accepted by TerraCycle” said Amanda Saxton, teacher at St. Anthony’s School. “Green Team members empty the bins periodically into a larger bin and then waste is sorted monthly and shipped.” The GoGo squeeZ Snack Pouch Recycling Program recently hit a nationwide milestone of over 315,000 units collected and nearly $7,000 dollars raised for charity. “We would love to win this contest because our school has been involved in Terracycle for a number of years,” Saxton continues. “It would be very rewarding for students to see firsthand an example of a product that can be created from the items we've been collecting for years.” The 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 points that can be translated into charitable prizes or cash donations to the school or charity of their choice. To learn more about the program, visit www.terracycle.ca/en-CA/brigades/snack-pouch-brigade.