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Spokane celebrates America Recycles Day with student art reception

You don't want to be tardy to this party. 

The introduction this fall of the new single-stream recycling program using big blue carts was the inspiration for 288 children from 26 schools in Spokane County as they created hand-drawn posters for entry in the “America Recycles Day 2012” Spokane poster contest. This year’s theme was “Recycling: Bigger, Blue-er, Better!” The annual competition, open to students in kindergarten through grade 8, is sponsored by Spokane Regional Solid Waste System (SRSWS). All finalists will also be honored at a reception at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Kress Gallery on level 3 of River Park Square, 808 W. Main. 

Image courtesy of Out There Monthly.

In addition, the finalists’ posters are on display at River Park Square through tomorrow. From that group, 17 posters have been selected to appear in the 2013 “Spokane Recycles” calendar, which will be available free of charge from the SRSWS main office, 625-6580, beginning in late December 2012.

The poster contest and Mobius activities are partially supported by a grant from Washington Department of Ecology. A littly bit about America Recycles Day: The official “America Recycles Day" serves to remind citizens to continue to raise awareness about the need to reduce waste by reusing, recycling, and buying recycled-content products during the month of November.



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