Recycling contest celebrates Earth Day 2007 Published March 16, 2007 By Dolores Tiburcio 60th Civil Engineer Squadron Recycling Program Manager TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- To promote active recycling, the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron's Environmental Flight is turning recyclable trash into a valuable commodity. Beginning March 22, the Environmental Flight Office will conduct its tenth annual recycling contest in honor of Travis' Earth Day 2007 program. The goal of the contest is to reduce solid waste and add money to booster clubs, households and schools. Also, the contest promotes awareness and a positive attitude toward recycling. Squadrons may enter an unlimited number of teams, each with a maximum of 10 people (counting the captain). Military family housing, dorm residents and local Travis schools are also eligible to enter teams. Teams will collect and redeem California Redemption Value aluminum cans, CRV glass bottles, CRV plastic bottles (with #1 or #2 markings) and scrap glass, to include brown, green and clear bottles and jars. The current market is paying $1.55 per pound for aluminum cans, 89 cents per pound for polyethylene terephthalate plastic (number one marking) and 51 cents per pound for high-density polyethylene plastic (number two marking). Items that are redeemed will be weighed and recorded on an official tally sheet. Team captains are responsible for submitting their tally sheets to the Environmental Flight Office so the totals can be tracked through April 19 when the contest ends. The registration form will also be distributed via e-mail to each Squadron's Recycling Monitor. Deadline to register is March 22 by close of business. Prizes will be awarded to first and second place teams who recycle the most materials (weight) and those that turn in the highest dollar amount. The same criteria will be used for the highest individual awards. In addition to winning prizes, teams will have the option to keep the money they earn or to donate the money to a charitable organization. For more information about the recycling contest, contact Sherry Cassidy at 424-3739 or Dolores Tiburcio at 424-5127.