Bethesda Elementary School, located in Waukehsa, Wisconsin won a recycled playground made from oral care waste through this year’s “Recycled Playground Challenge,” courtesy of Colgate- Palmolive, Meijer and TerraCycle. The school earned a total of 28,959 Playground Credits, by recycling waste and via online voting, to win the challenge. The playground, which will be built using recycled oral care waste collected through the Colgate® Oral Care Recycling Program, will be unveiled at a ceremony scheduled for Friday, September 21, at 2 pm at Bethesda Elementary School, which is located at 730 South University Drive in Waukehsa, Wisconsin.
WAUKESHA, WI – Bethesda Elementary School won a recycled playground made from oral care waste through this year's "Recycled Playground Challenge," a contest hosted across the U.S. by Colgate, Meijer and TerraCycle.
Six Grand Rapids area schooled were recognized in this year’s “Recycled Playground Challenge,” courtesy of Colgate-Palmolive (“Colgate”), Meijer and TerraCycle.
“Participating in the Colgate, Mejier, TerraCycle recycling contest has been a wonderful learning experience for our students and one they are very excited about,” said Susie Brauns, assistant principal of Highland Elementary School.
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary students are recycling oral care items in a contest sponsored by Terracycle, Meijer, and Colgate. The school is awarded points by recycling empty toothpaste tubes, toothpaste boxes, toothbrushes, toothpaste packaging and floss containers. Anyone can vote once everyday to also award points for the school.
HIGHLAND – Highland Elementary is competing to win a playground made from recycled oral care waste through the fourth annual Recycled Playground Challenge, courtesy of Colgate, Meijer and TerraCycle.
HIGHLAND – Highland Elementary is competing to win a playground made from recycled oral care waste through the fourth annual Recycled Playground Challenge, courtesy of Colgate, Meijer and TerraCycle.
ZEELAND — Through the fourth annual Recycled Playground Challenge from Colgate, Meijer and TerraCycle, Zeeland Christian School is competing against schools throughout the Midwest to win a playground made from recycled oral care waste.
Who would have thought that recycling old toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes could land you a $60,000 playground for free.
That’s just what students and faculty at Novi Woods Elementary are trying to do through the fourth annual
Recycled Playground Challenge, a partnership between Meijer, Colgate and TerraCycle.
TerraCycle announces the fourth annual Recycled Playground Challenge, a contest with partners Colgate-Palmolive (“Colgate”) and Meijer, that encourages healthy habits among school children and their communities and awards a recycled playground to a winning school. Running April 22 – June 30, schools located throughout Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Wisconsin can join TerraCycle’s Oral Care Recycling Program, a free, national program run by Colgate and TerraCycle, and compete to win a new playground made completely of recycled material.
