Raise money for your school by collecting and recycling deposit-bearing beverage containers
Encorp’s school recycling program will supply your school and your students with all the tools and connections necessary to make recycling beverage containers easy and convenient. Once your school has signed up for the program, it will be given Recycling Hero beverage container collection bins and educational posters, and will be given instructions on connecting to a redemption centre in your area to make beverage container returns quick and simple. Schools will also be given a variety of other incentives and performance rewards for participating in this program.
Applications for the 2024-2025 school year are open!
Have a representative from your school submit an application to join Encorp’s Recycling Heroes in School program today. Once you submit an application, you can expect to hear back from Encorp in September 2024.
Learn more about the program
For detailed information about the Recycling Heroes in School program for the 2024-2025 school year, you can download the school recycling program overview here.
Take advantage of this toolkit to help you and your school fundraise by recycling beverage containers!
Bottle Drive Toolkit
- Review this checklist to help stay organized for your bottle drive.
- Fill out this flyer template to print and advertise your upcoming bottle drive to your community.
- Fill out this social media template to post about your bottle drive and spread the word.
- Once you’ve collected everyone’s beverage containers, take a look at this guide to make sure the containers are in the right condition to be recycled at a redemption centre.
Bottle Donation Toolkit
Let your community members know that they can drop their own beverage containers off at a redemption centre and donate their deposit refunds to your school! Fill out this flyer template and/or this social media template to get the word out.
Here are some additional resources for teachers and students to help with beverage container recycling in schools:
Canadian Resources
EcoSchools Canada
Is your school taking action to properly recycle beverage containers and divert waste from landfills? Take your next step in environmental learning and action! The EcoSchools Canada program provides a wide variety of free resources, worksheets, and campaign kits to help schools achieve their environmental goals and receive recognition for their accomplishments. Learn more at ecoschools.ca
Carton Council
Did you know that carton beverage containers are recyclable, and that many of them are also refundable at a redemption centre in New Brunswick? The Carton Council has plenty of free resources available to help learn and teach about carton recycling in Canada. Learn more at recyclecartons.ca, or check out some of their resources here:
NB Resources
The Gaia Project
The Gaia Project is a charitable New Brunswick organization that brings curriculum-based climate education programs and resources to K-12 classrooms across the province. Available in both French and English, programs and resources help students explore sustainability topics through a hands-on, immersive, and action-oriented approach. Learn more at thegaiaproject.ca
As a thank you to schools putting in the effort to properly recycle their deposit-bearing beverage containers, Encorp will be giving fun eco-rewards to the top 5 performing schools in the program, as well as a participation gift to one randomly selected school in the program! These schools will get to choose what they want from a list of rewards.
Here are the rewards available for the 2024-2025 school year:
- AI-powered bird feeder with camera
- Hydroponic garden kit (There’s a tea kit as shown in the link, and then there’s another kit that has lettuce, lavender, arugula, and chilli peppers)
- Raised garden bed, composter, and rain barrel kit
- Pollinator school garden kit
- Encorp Atlantic bike racks
Posters for Schools
These posters for schools encourage teachers and students to recycle and redeem their empty beverage containers.
Success Stories
We love seeing schools embrace recycling!
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