About the challenge
What if my school is not interested or able to collect plastic bags for recycling?
How it works
2020 Dates
Registration closes: Friday, April 3 (5 p.m. EST)
Bag collection: Monday, April 6 – Friday, April 17
Bag drop off: Monday, April 20 – Friday, April 24
Final Results & Community Engagement/Social Media Submission Deadline: May 8
Winners announced: early June 2020
Plastic Bag Grab Challenge Winners
Is your school a past winner of the Plastic Bag Grab Challenge? We’d love to hear what your school has done with your prize. If you have photos of the initiatives developed using your prize that be shared on our website and social media, please send them to pbg@rco.on.ca.
About Recycling Council of Ontario
The Plastic Bag Grab challenge is a program of Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO) is a not-for-profit membership-based organization committed to minimizing society's impact on the environment by eliminating waste. RCO's mission is to inform and educate all members of society about the avoidance of waste, efficient use of resources, and the benefits and/or consequences of these activities.
Since 1978 our commitment to Reduce,Reuse, Recycling has driven our actions, and is the bedrock of our efforts to help facilitate the efficient use of resources and transition the economy from a linear to circular model where post-consumed materials are integrated back into use and production cycles. We also have a long history of designing and executing high profile school campaigns and public events that showcase the 3Rs into learning opportunities and action.