The registration link is on the Recycle-Bowl homepage. Recycle-Bowl is open to all elementary, middle and high schools in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. Public, private and charter schools are eligible. Schools in U.S. Territories, Canada and Mexico can participate in the competition but will be placed in the Open Division. To view the 2011 registration form (similar to 2012) prior to creating an online account, click here.
HOW-TO REGISTER PDF DOCUMENTS:
| Competition Division – State Champion School and/or National Community Recycling School |
Open Division |
|---|---|
| Must register by October 8, 2012 | Can register late |
| Open to US schools | Open to US schools, US territories, Canada and Mexico |
| Register via www.Recycle-Bowl.org | Register via www.Recycle-Bowl.org |
| Eligible for prizes | Not eligible for prizes |
| Eligible for registration toolkit | Eligible for registration toolkit |
| Eligible for reporting incentives | Eligible for reporting incentives |
| Can use material on website | Can use material on website |
| Can register for America Recycles Day | Can register for America Recycles Day |
| Report via www.Recycle-Bowl.org | Report via www.Recycle-Bowl.org |
| Weigh recyclables and/or convert from volume to weight | Weigh recyclables and/or convert from volume to weight |
| Must provide published population figure if winner | Does not need to provide published population figure |
| Verification of data by KAB staff | KAB staff will not verify data |
| Need to report data in US pounds by 12/14/2012 | Need not report data in US pounds by 12/14/2012 |
| Listed in official statewide rankings | Listed in specific “open” national rankings |
| State Champion School Category |
National Community Recycling School Category |
|---|---|
| Compete against other schools in the same state | Compete against other schools across the Country |
| Only Recyclable Material generated by, and collected from, a school’s own internal operations may be reported | Recyclable Material generated by the school’s own internal operations along with material from anyone other than the school population or donations from parent’s homes or businesses, individuals, groups and organizations may be reported |
| Prizes: $1,000 to the School in each of the 50 States and in the District of Columbia that collects the most Recyclable Material per capita in that School’s State or District; and $2,500 worth of educational and environmental resources to the School that collects the most Recyclable Material per capita overall. | Prizes $1,000 to the School that collects the most Recyclable Material per capita overall, $750 to the School that collects the second highest amount of Recyclable Material per capita overall, and $500 to the School that collects the third highest amount of Recyclable Material per capita overall. |
The registration deadline is October 9, 2012, 11:59 pm, Eastern time. Those that make an account in Re-Trac Connect before the deadline can finish completing their Recycle-Bowl registration up until October 15. Those that register after the deadline can still participate but are not eligible for cash prizes.
The competition officially starts on October 15, 2012.
Yes. We have a handy how-to guide for those that want to register multiple schools. Click here for more information. If you are new to the Re-TRAC Connect database, you will first need to make an account however.
Yes. You will be asked to provide data for your recyclable material. You can report your data broken out by commodities or commingled. The awards will be given out based on aggregated data (pounds of cans, bottles and paper added together) so if you track your material broken out by commodity, you will be asked in the reporting section to sum it together.
Your school population should include teachers and students. Competition Division schools will be asked to provide us with a link to a publicly published population figure for your school. If one is unavailable, you can manually calculate the population, but your school might be asked to verify the figure during the competition.
You can log into the system as much as you would like after your school is registered. However, once you hit “submit” your form is locked and can only be edited by an administrator. Email info@Recycle-Bowl.org to make changes to your registration form once locked.
The quiz (certification module) is for those schools estimating data and wanting more of an explanation about volume-to-weight conversion. It also quizzes you on various attributes of the competition. All schools can benefit from taking the module but it isn’t required anyone take it.
Yes. We ask that every school register each year in order to keep our list of contacts current. You may use the same username and password each year.
Please contact us at info@Recycle-Bowl.org and we can work with you to transfer the contact name to a new individual.
No. This material is not accepted as part of the competition division at this time.
If your service provider collects this material as part of your standard service contract, it can be included.
No. This material is not accepted as part of the competition division at this time.
File purges that are part of normal operations or a Recycle-Bowl promotion to encourage individual behavior are allowed. Schools may not stockpile material for the primary purpose of reporting it during the 4 week competition or otherwise schedule institutional purges with the intent to increase Recycle-Bowl reporting numbers. Textbook purges cannot be counted towards your data.
The reporting deadline is December 14, 2012, 11:59 pm, Eastern time. You will not need to get into the Re-TRAC Connect system weekly to report your data. You will only report once, at the end of the competition. However, you should have some internal mechanism for collecting and tracking data. Some examples are found here under Scorecards.
Estimates are allowed but you will need to follow the estimating rules and regulations found on the Tracking and Reporting webpage.
To login after your initial registration, go here – http://connect.re-trac.com. The reporting database will be open November 5, 2012.
On the login page you will see a “forgot password” link. Click this and submit your email address, and a password reminder will be sent to you. Your username is always your email.
There is only one username and password for each school. You can share the username and password with additional people who will be helping you. If this is a problem, email info@Recycle-Bowl.org. State coordinators wishing to see statewide reports can request access from program administrators. A how-to guide is found here.
A 2012 state leaderboard can be found here and corresponding map. Click the map to zoom in to see the different schools participating in a certain area. A map of the 2011 Recycle-Bowl schools can be found here. Click the map to zoom in.
The competition rules are set up so that a small school can compete against a large school because we divide the amount of recyclable material collected by the number of teachers and students in the school. This provides us with a per capita rate. This rate is what is used to rank your school, as compared to others. Last year, the national winning school had a 41 pounds/capita rate. It was a small school of just 100 students. The average school collected 5 pounds of material per person.
