Container and Packaging Recycling Update - Volume XV No. 1 - Spring 2007

Rio Grande Valley students know their
three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

by Valerie Hoy

An essay contest sponsored by Watermill Express was held in the fall of 2006. Fourth graders from Rio Grande Valley were encouraged to share their ideas on Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling, and how these practices relate to the Rio Grande Valley ecosystem and the future of our earth.

Ten semifinalists were chosen based on their creative suggestions to reduce waste and protect the environment, and each received $100 in cash and a $500 college savings bond. CRI’s Executive Director, Pat Franklin, visited McAllen, Texas on November 14, to present the awards and honor the Grand Prize Winner, Mary Bernadette Ycu.

In her winning essay, Ycu stated, “We all need to reuse, reduce and recycle to protect our environment...We can use a plastic bottle...over and over again instead of throwing it away... When I reduce, reuse, or recycle things, it really makes me feel good because I know that I am really helping my ecosystem.”

Watermill Express reduces beverage container waste by providing a convenient alternative to bottled water. Customers bring their own 1, 3 or 5-gallon containers to a Watermill Express drive-up stations and refill them with pure drinking water. The containers are used again and again.

Visit www.watermillexpress.com

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