Greater Nipissing Stewardship Council
July 6, 2011
for
immediate release
2011 - 10th
ANNUAL USED HOUSEHOLD BATTERY COLLECTION COMPETITION
NORTH BAY -
Over 5,500 high school students from 10 area high schools took part in
this year’s collection competition. A grand total of 5,239 kg (over
11,549 lbs) of all types of household batteries were collected over an
8-week period in April and May. A few elementary schools also
participated and provided what they collected to neighboring high
schools.
The standard
prizes of $400 each were up for grabs – to the school that collected the
most batteries and the school that collected the most batteries per
student. In celebration of the 10th anniversary, 2
additional prizes of $250 were included this year that resulted in the
greatest improvement over 2010.
This year’s
winners are…
|
PRIZES |
SECONDARY
SHOOL |
RESULTS |
|
Greatest Total Weight |
St.
Joseph-Scollard Hall |
1,844 kg |
|
Greatest Total Weight/Student |
F.J.
McElligott |
8.3 kg |
|
Greatest %
Improvement - Total Weight |
F.J.
McElligott |
1.3 % |
|
Greatest % Improvement - Total Weight/Student |
F.J.
McElligott |
1.5 % |
The other participating schools included: Algonquin, Chippewa,
Franco-Cite, Nbissing, Northern, Odyssée, West Ferris and Widdifield.
The
competition was co-organized by the Stewardship Council and Nipissing
Environmental Watch and was once again generously funded by TD Friends
of the Environment Foundation.
Over the past
10 years over 39,000 kg of dead batteries have been diverted from local
landfill sites. Batteries are a key source of hazardous waste that
contain heavy metals and other chemicals such as acid, cadmium, mercury,
copper, zinc, lead, manganese, nickel and lithium – all of which are
very harmful to the environment.
Plans are
already underway for next year’s competition and the possible expansion
to the senior elementary schools.
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For more
information, please contact: Vijanti Ramlogan 705- 493-3984 or
info@greaternipissing.ca
