Thank you to all of the schools that were a part of our contest.

Our goal is to teach the students the importance of recycling. During this contest schools collected over 6,500 bins, this is equivalent to over 5 million plastic shopping bags! These bags were collected from March 10 through April 13, 2010.

Just imagine how many bags your school could save each year. Plastic and paper bags can be dropped off at your local Harris Teeter, recycle bins are located in the entrance way of our stores.

Help us do our part in saving the environment. Encourage your students to continue to recycle their bags at home.

Recycle Facts: Our recycle plastic is picked up by a company called Trex®, the largest plastic recycler in the United States. Trex (Trex® is the leading brand of alternative decking, railing, fencing, and trim products designed to maximize your outdoor living experience), Trex® is made from about 50 percent recycled and reclaimed plastic, and 50 percent reclaimed wood. These materials would otherwise go unused in landfills .They collect over 1.5 billion plastic bags from retailers each year.


Congratulations to our Winners!!

2010 We Think GREEN Contest Winners Are:
Northern
Reward	Bins	School	Area
$1000	600	Glenwood Elementary School	Virginia Beach, VA
$500	421	Chesapeake Bay Academy	Virginia Beach, VA
$250	205	Red Mill Elementary PTA	Virginia Beach, VA
$250	191	Grace Miller Elementary	Bealeton, VA
$250	190	St. Catherine Laboure	Wheaton, MD
Central
$1,000	373	Supply Elementary	Supply, NC
$500	257	H.C. Bellamy Elementary PTA	Wilmington, NC
$250	242	Friendship Elementary School PTO	Winston-Salem, NC
$250	240	New Hanover High School PTA	Wilmington, NC
$250	240	Rocky Point Primary School	Rocky Point, NC
Southern
$1,000	327	Lincoln Charter School East	Denver, NC
$500	215	West Rowan Middle School	Salisbury, NC
$250	185	Wesley Chapel Elementary School	Monroe, NC
$250	178	Mint Hill Middle School	Matthews, NC
$250	175	West Alexander Middle School	Taylorsville, NC

Last Year's We Think GREEN Contest Winners Are:
Northern
Reward	Bins	School	Area
$750	315	JThurgood Marshall Elementary (Md)	Gaithersburg, MD
$750	315	Ridgeview Middle School	Gaithersburg, MD
$250	313	Kingston Elementary School	Virginia Beach, VA
$250	304	Glenwood Elementary School	Virginia Beach, VA
$250	298	Red Mill Elementary PTA	Virginia Beach, VA
Central
$1,000	284	Northwest Guilford High School Band	Greensboro, NC
$500	253	New Hanover High School PTA	Wilmington, NC
$250	240	Rocky Point Primary School	Rocky Point, NC
$250	208	Wallburg Elementary	Winston-Salem, NC
$250	171	Burlington Christian Academy	Burlington, SC
Southern
$1,000	901	Winding Springs Elementary	Charlotte, NC
$500	255	Wesley Chapel Elementary School	Monroe, NC
$250	205	Kannapolis Middle School	Kannopolis, NC
$250	171	Fort Mill Elementary School PTA	Fort Mill, SC
$250	142	India Hook Elementary PTA	Rock Hill, SC