{"id":359,"date":"2013-11-21T16:05:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T16:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/?p=359"},"modified":"2013-11-21T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T16:05:49","slug":"media-advisory-delegate-maggie-mcintosh-and-secretary-summers-to-present-rethink-recycling-sculpture-contest-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/2013\/11\/21\/media-advisory-delegate-maggie-mcintosh-and-secretary-summers-to-present-rethink-recycling-sculpture-contest-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"**Media Advisory** Delegate Maggie McIntosh and Secretary Summers to present \u201cRethink Recycling\u201d sculpture contest awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

**Media Advisory** Delegate Maggie McIntosh and Secretary Summers to present
\u201cRethink Recycling\u201d sculpture contest awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryland high school students to display their unique recycled art<\/em><\/p>\n

BALTIMORE, MD<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(November 21, 2013)<\/strong>\u00a0– The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) will host the 12th\u00a0annual \u201cRethink Recycling\u201d Sculpture Contest for Maryland high school students\u00a0this Friday\u00a0in Baltimore. \u00a0Chair of the House Environmental Matters Committee, Delegate Maggie McIntosh (District 43, Baltimore City) will deliver remarks and, along with MDE Secretary Robert M. Summers,\u00a0present contest winners with their awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sponsors of the event include: Giant Food, Constellation Energy, the Maryland, Delaware, DC Beverage Association, the American Cleaning Institute, Maryland Recycling Network, \u00a0Whole Foods,\u00a0Call2Recycle\u00a0and\u00a0Sims Recycling Solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former environmental education specialist, artist and founder of “Trashion<\/a>” Rita Mazzo Galindo, Valerie Androutsopoulos, owner ofVangel Recycling<\/a>, and Lucas Cowan, Public Art Program Director of the\u00a0Maryland State Arts Council<\/a>, will serve as judges to determine contest winners based on creativity, use of materials and workmanship.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

WHEN<\/strong>:\u00a0Friday, November 22, 2013, from\u00a010 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.\u00a0Sculptures will be on display beginning at\u00a010 a.m.\u00a0 Judging will begin at\u00a010 a.m.\u00a0and end at\u00a0noon.\u00a0 The formal program, with remarks and awards, will begin at approximately\u00a012:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

WHERE:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Montgomery Park Business Center Auditorium<\/a>, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21230<\/p>\n

WHAT:<\/strong>\u00a0Since 2001, MDE has celebrated\u00a0America Recycles Day<\/a>\u00a0by hosting the annual\u00a0\u201cRethink Recycling\u201d Sculpture Contest<\/a>. High school students from across Maryland are invited to participate by creating sculptures made of recycled and reusable materials. Approximately\u00a068 entries from\u00a029 different high schools across the state will be judged. Previous contestants have created innovative and artistic sculptures using records, plastic bags, old shoes, playing cards, computer parts and more.<\/p>\n

Participating Schools\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u2013 (Schools are subject to change.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anne Arundel County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Glen Burnie HS<\/p>\n

Baltimore City<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Academy for College and Career Exploration HS\u00a0<\/p>\n

Archbishop Curley HS\u00a0<\/p>\n

Digital Harbor HS<\/p>\n

Roland Park Country School<\/p>\n

Baltimore County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mount de Sales Academy<\/p>\n

Parkville HS<\/p>\n

Randallstown HS\u00a0<\/p>\n

Redeemer Classical Christian Academy<\/p>\n

Sparrows Point HS<\/p>\n

Towson HS\u00a0<\/p>\n

Western School of Technology & Environmental Science<\/p>\n

Carroll County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Century HS<\/p>\n

Liberty HS<\/p>\n

Frederick County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heather Ridge School\u00a0<\/p>\n

Linganore HS<\/p>\n

Middletown HS<\/p>\n

Urbana HS<\/p>\n

Walkersville HS<\/p>\n

Garrett County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Southern Garrett County HS<\/p>\n

Harford County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Arrow Center for Education<\/p>\n

C. Milton Wright HS<\/p>\n

Edgewood HS\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fallston HS<\/p>\n

Howard County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Glenelg Country School<\/p>\n

Kent County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chestertown Christian Academy\u00a0<\/p>\n

PG County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Northwestern HS<\/p>\n

Suitland HS-Center for Performing Arts<\/p>\n

Washington County<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saint James School<\/p>\n

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**Media Advisory** Delegate Maggie McIntosh and Secretary Summers to present\u201cRethink Recycling\u201d sculpture contest awards Maryland high school students to display their unique recycled art BALTIMORE, MD\u00a0\u00a0(November 21, 2013)\u00a0– The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) will host the 12th\u00a0annual \u201cRethink Recycling\u201d Sculpture Contest for Maryland high school students\u00a0this Friday\u00a0in Baltimore. \u00a0Chair of the House Environmental  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":294,"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":[18,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recycling","category-sustainability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}