Janet's Green Planet

The Golden Apple Awards

The Golden Apple Awards offers schools in NYC recognition for documenting their model school recycling programs, waste prevention initiatives, orbeautification projects.
The Golden Apple Awards consists of three contests. In each contest, schools compete against other schools within their grade division (elementary, intermediate, or high school) for borough and citywide honors.

See contest entry requirements below.
Review winning entries from prior years (see winner [...]

Recycle Caps with Aveda

RECYCLE CAPS WITH AVEDA
Aveda found that a majority of plastic bottle caps do
not get recycled today.
Often these caps end up as litter or trash and migrate into our rivers and oceans.
Birds and other marine creatures mistake them for food with tragic results.
The magnitude of this pollution problem is devastating to our [...]