ISRI and JASON Learning pick poster winner

Winning poster focuses on tire processing and recycling.

Image provided by ISRI.

Image provided by ISRI.

The Washington-based Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and its affiliated JASON Learning project have announced the winners of the 2021-2022 Youth Recycling Video and Poster contest. Contestants in grades K-12 submitted original posters or videos designed to communicate one central theme: Recycling can make a positive impact on climate challenges.

Mark Monteleone and Joei Tarrazi, high school seniors from Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) in Highlands, New Jersey, are this year’s poster winners. Monteleone and Tarrazi focused their entry on how rising sea levels affected their coastal New Jersey community and how recycling rubber tires can be a solution.

The poster identifies the problem and provides steps local residents can take, such as donating old tires to local manufacturers or processing the tires into a gravel substitute, wastewater treatment filter or garden mulch.

Ani Nishanian and Namira Meghla, fifth-graders from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, were awarded this year’s winning video entry. The winning video was designed to inform young people about the growing problem of climate change, the importance of recycling, and actions citizens can take in their own communities.

“This year’s entries for our Youth Recycling Awareness contest were outstanding, but the four winners went above and beyond to reinforce the essential message of recycling,” says ISRI President Robin Wiener. “They creatively combined STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] education with imagination to identify problems and craft solutions. Congratulations to our four winners on a great job.”

“Beyond educating the future generation on recyclable materials and best practices, the Recycling Video and Poster contest helps students develop foundational STEM skills and empowers them to be environmental stewards,” says Dr. Eleanor Smalley, president and CEO of JASON Learning. “Fun efforts like these help introduce kids to STEM skills utilized in environmental careers and inspire them to be lifelong recyclers.”

ISRI partners with JASON Learning annually on the video and poster contest for grades K-12 that features recycling-related themes. Winners will receive their awards on March 24 as part of the ISRI2022 Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas.

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