Dallas Park and Recreation employees take recycling collected for the Buddy Bench Contest to the materials recovery facility. Photo credit: Frances McGee, City of Dallas
At NRPA, we believe parks and recreation is at the heart of every community. Environmental values translate into everyday practice, and local governments model responsible stewardship. Park and recreation agencies are trusted community spaces serving as living laboratories that provide the ideal venue for recycling education and for modeling responsible resource stewardship.
NRPA's Recyling Race
Celebrate Earth Month by turning recycling into a friendly competition! NRPA’s Recycling Race invites park and recreation agencies and like-minded organizations to track their impact, engage their communities and see how they stack up nationwide.
How to Participate
Step 1: Register
Agencies can join NRPA’s Recycling Race by signing up here. After you register, you’ll receive an email with a set of instructions that includes access to a virtual Agents of Discovery Recycling Race mission.
Step 2: Select Your Challenge
You can participate in NRPA's Recyling Race in one or both of these ways:
*As part of the Agents of Discovery mission, participants will be asked to share what agency they are playing for. These entries will be tallied weekly through the app to reflect total mission participation.
Step 3: Engage With Your Community
We have created the Show Your Park Some Love Toolkit to help you build community pride through increased recycling awareness. The toolkit includes information to help you get started with recycling education, activation ideas and messaging that will support talking about recycling in your community.
Leaderboards
Each week throughout April, we’ll post a leaderboard highlighting the top three agencies in both categories:
Check back weekly to see how your agency is doing and celebrate progress along the way.
Awards and Recognition
At the end of April, the top three agencies for both categories will receive digital frames recognizing their achievements as either a Gold, Silver or Bronze Recycling Ranger. Frames will be sized to fit around social media profile photos, making it easy to share and celebrate your success with your community.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Click here to access FAQ’s for NRPA’s Recycling Race.
