The 2012-2013 GACR School Challenge winner, Valley Elementary School in Cody, WY, received second place in this year's challenge recycling an impressive 271.50 pounds per student. For the first time since its inception in 2010, the GACR School Challenge had a record of 25 competing schools recycle more than 1,000 pounds of beverage cans. The community, our teachers, and most importantly our students have all worked very hard to bring this award, this accomplishment to our home, Riverton, Wyoming.' Our students at the Alternative Program have been recycling for over 15 years, and it is nice to see the students get state and national recognition for all the hard work they have done this year. The school in each state with the most pounds of aluminum recycled per student receives a $1,000 prize for their accomplishments in recycling.ĭallas Myers, Director of Special Services and Alternative Program said, 'Here at the Alternative Program, we don't believe in a throw-a-way society, everything matters - natural resources and most importantly people. As champion of this year's challenge, Riverton High School Alternative Program will receive $5,000, along with an additional $1,000 prize for coming in first place within their state.

Sponsored by the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), more than 532,400 students competed to collect the most aluminum beverage cans from November 15, 2013, (America Recycles Day) through Ap( Earth Day). In total, schools from 39 states recycled nearly 95,000 pounds of aluminum cans. A mere 24 students collected a little more than 287 pounds per student to claim this year's top honors.

WASHINGTON, /PRNewswire/ - Riverton High School Alternative Program in Riverton, WY, won first place in the fourth annual Great American Can RoundUp (GACR) School Challenge by collecting nearly 7,000 pounds of aluminum cans.

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