Adrienne Diaczok<\/strong><\/p>\n (410) 537-3003<\/a> First Lady Yumi Hogan joins Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles for 16th annual Rethink Recycling Sculpture Contest<\/span><\/strong> BALTIMORE, MD (November 30, 2017<\/span><\/span>)<\/strong> \u2013First Lady Yumi Hogan joined Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Secretary Ben Grumbles today at the department\u2019s 16th annual \u201cRethink Recycling\u201d Sculpture Contest. The First Lady opened the event by welcoming student artists, teachers and parents. Later, the department awarded prizes for a fox, a cow and artwork evoking a marriage proposal \u2013 all made from reused materials. Students from Baltimore County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Howard County, and Montgomery County won the top prizes.<\/span> \u201cThanks to Maryland residents and businesses, we recycled nearly three million tons of municipal solid waste and diverted more than 47 percent of our waste from landfills and incinerators last year,\u201d Secretary Grumbles said. \u201cLet\u2019s keep moving forward for a cleaner and greener Maryland by increasing the rate of recycling and rethinking the management of \u201cwaste\u201d. It is up to all of us to work together creatively to reduce, reuse, and recycle so we can protect precious natural resources throughout our beautiful state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Rethink Recycling challenges Maryland high school students to use recycled materials to create artistic and innovative sculptures. This year, 61 entries from 21 high schools<\/a> across the state were on display. <\/span><\/p>\n Katelyn Schildt<\/a> from Century High School in Carroll County was the Grand Prize winner for her sculpture, \u201cMarry Me?,\u201d made using a mannequin, plastic forks and spoons, broken jewelry and paint. She received an HP Envy X360 Laptop plus Wacom Ink Smart Stylus for her efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n The category winners, who each received JBL Pulse 3 Bluetooth Speakers, were:<\/span><\/p>\n Creativity: Cheyenne Reese<\/a>, Walkersville High School, Frederick County, for \u201cBessie the Cow,\u201d using chicken wire, cans, plastic grocery bags and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Workmanship: Taylor Alexander<\/a>, South Carroll High School, Carroll County, for creating \u201cRyu the Panda,\u201d \u00a0made of chicken wire, fabric, trash bags, foam, glass and duct tape.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Use of Materials: Regan McCafferty, Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore County, for \u201cGoogal<\/a>,\u201d a sculpture created using metal, locks, clock, screws and bolts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n People\u2019s Choice Category: Kyreem Cummings<\/a>, Suitland High School, Prince George\u2019s County, for crafting \u201cMulti Interpretation of Love,\u201d a flower bouquet made of newspaper, paper and wire.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n The runners-up, who each received $100 Amazon gift card were:<\/span><\/p>\n Creativity: Parker Montour<\/a>, Walkersville High School, Frederick County, for her work entitled \u201cP.E.T. Wire Wolf,\u201d using siding, wire, PVC pipe, plastic water bottles, computer parts and twinkle lights.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Workmanship: Ben Hough, Towson High School, Baltimore County, for crafting \u201cTrashy Fashion<\/a>,\u201d an evening gown made from plastic bags, tape and tape rolls.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Use of Materials: Morgan Lowrey<\/a>, Northwest High School, Montgomery County, for constructing \u201cQ-Tip Nation,\u201d an emblem made from 10,000 Q-Tips to honor her school mascot.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n People\u2019s Choice: Kacie Greenfield<\/a>, Glenelg Country School, Howard County, for \u201cWhat Does the Fox Say,\u201d a sculpture made of cardboard, floppy discs, wire and egg carton.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Sponsors of the event were the American Cleaning Institute, Exelon, Maryland Recycling Network, the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Beverage Association, Giant, Resource Revival, National Aquarium and Waste Management, Inc. Sponsors donated prizes, funding, and refreshments for this year\u2019s contest.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBold, creative ideas, designs and solutions are needed if we are to solve problems related to waste generation,\u201d said top sponsor, American Cleaning Institute\u2019s Vice President, Brian Sansoni. The American Cleaning Institute and our member companies are proud to support programs and education initiatives that encourage recycling in our businesses, homes, and schools and in everyday life.”<\/span><\/p>\n Contest judges tasked with determining the winners of the contest based on creativity, use of materials, and workmanship were: John Lewis, instructor at the Maryland Institute College of Art; Rowan Bathurst, student at the Maryland Institute College of Art; Jenna Rayman, 2010 \u201cRethink Recycling\u201d contest winner and student at the Maryland Institute College of Art; and Kaley Laleker, Deputy Director of Land and Materials Administration, Department of the Environment.<\/span><\/p>\n Since 2001, the Department of the Environment has celebrated America Recycles Day by hosting the annual \u201cRethink Recycling\u201d Sculpture Contest. High school students from across Maryland are invited to participate by creating sculptures made of recycled and reusable materials. \u201cRethink Recycling\u201d is just one way MDE educates and empowers the public to reuse and recycle materials that would have otherwise gone into landfills. To find out what you can do to reduce, reuse, recycle and buy recycled products, visit MDE\u2019s recycling web page<\/a>. It is the mission of the department to protect and restore the environment for the health and well-being of all Marylanders.<\/span><\/p>\n Visit MDE\u2019s Flickr Page<\/a> for more photos from today\u2019s event. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ###<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MEDIA CONTACTS: Adrienne Diaczok (410) 537-3003 adrienne.diaczok@maryland.gov First Lady Yumi Hogan joins Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles for 16th annual Rethink Recycling Sculpture Contest Annual contest promotes recycling and creativity among high school students\u00a0 BALTIMORE, MD (November 30, 2017) \u2013First Lady Yumi Hogan joined Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Secretary Ben Grumbles today at the Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","category-recycling","category-secretary-grumbles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2512,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions\/2512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n<\/strong>Annual contest promotes recycling and creativity among high school students<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nThe Rethink Recycling sculpture contest provides a wonderful opportunity to introduce young artists to science, and our STEM students to the arts,\u201d said First Lady Yumi Hogan. \u201cBy exposing students to both of these important fields we are teaching them to better understand each other, all while helping our environment and keeping Maryland a beautiful and healthy place to live for generations to come.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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