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Recycling Today August 12, 2025 : Teaching kids the value of recycling
The Million Cans Recycling Contest, run by The Recycling Society, encourages students to recycle aluminum cans.
Recycling Today May 20, 2025 : Can Manufacturers Institute, Recycling is like Magic release aluminum can recycling contest results
The student-led competition collected more than 1.6 million empty aluminum beverage cans.
Recycling Today May 24, 2024 : Students collect more than 1.3 million aluminum cans : May 24, 2024 Waste Advantage Magazine October 02, 2025 Can Manufacturers Institute Press Release October 01, 2025 La Vega, Waco, TX : 10 KWTX News December 09, 2025 Seattle, WA King 5 News February 1, 2026 Miner Mania Colorado October 9, 2025 Bullitt County Public Schools KY March 4, 2025 Port Townsend Leader: Seeking out new life : How “Scuba Jess” turns ocean trash into teaching : February 04, 2026 Million Cans Recycling Contest Collects More than 1.3 Million Used Aluminum Beverage Cans ReMA Article May 16, 2024 Over 1.3 million aluminum cans collected in elementary school recycling contest: Recycling Product News : May 27, 2024 1.3 Million Used Aluminum Beverage Cans Collected in Recycling Contest : Scrap Monster : May 23, 2024 More than 1.3 Million Used Aluminum Beverage Cans Collected in Can Manufacturers Institute and Scrap University Kids Elementary School Recycling Contest: BevNet : May. 24, 2024 at 11:39 ReMA Press : Million Cans Recycling Contest Collects More than 1.3 Million Used Aluminum Beverage Cans : May 29, 2004 Federal Way and Redmond schools compete in national aluminum can recycling contest: King 5 News : Seattle, WA : Feb 01, 2026 Bellevue elementary students racing students nationwide to recycle millions of aluminum cans: King 5 News : Seattle, WA : April 05, 2025 Explore Washington : Turning Trash Into Treasure: The 2 Million Cans Challenge with Jessica Alexanderson : March 11, 2025 La Vega Elementary needs help collecting cans for 'Million Cans' Recycling Contest : 25 News KXXV : Jan 31, 2024 ♻️ Help Medina Academy Win the Million Cans Recycling Contest! : October 17, 2025 Constellium Supports Million Cans Recycling Contest : September 2025 Local Elementary Schools Participate in Recycling is Magic Million Cans Contest : February 13, 2026 Can Manufacturers Institute Partners for a Third Year with Recycling Society on Contest That Has Recycled More Than 3.5 Million Used Aluminum Beverage Cans : October 1, 2025 WBKO News : Lewisburg School and Logan Aluminum partner for 2 Million Cans Recycling Competition : Oct. 21, 2024 Local school kids tied with Alabama and Kentucky in national can recycling contest : KXXV 25 Waco TX : Nov 19, 2023 Jackson County, West Virginia, school wins national recycling contest : WOWK 13 : May 16, 2025 Local elementary school pitches in for nationwide recycling contest. WARRICK COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) : Feb 20, 2024 No. 38 Viking Motorsports The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans / Viking Motorsports : April 26, 2024 Inspiring the Next Generation Through Sustainability Education : Nucor Corporation : April 13, 2026 Global Recycling Foundation announces Recycling Heroes & Young Green Ambassadors awards of Global Recycling Day 2024 : Mar 18, 2024 Turning the tide: World Cleanup Day chat with Scuba Jess : By Trivium Communications : September 15, 2023 Scrap University Kids Makes Recycling Fun & Easy By Earth 911 : Nov 29, 2022 THE GIRL WHO RECYCLED 1 MILLION CANS by Shaziya M. Jaffer, Brad W. Rudover, Jessica Alexanderson – Children’s Environmentalism Books, Picture Books, Climate Change : Chanticleer Book Reviews : 5 stars Reading Is Fundamental : The Girl Who Recycled 1 Million Cans Rebel Girls, Inc. : Everyday Ways to Recycle
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