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NOVA SCOTIA RECYCLES CONTEST WINNERS TO BE HONOURED

(Wednesday, February 27, 2008) - Halifax, Nova Scotia – On Wednesday, February 27th, RRFB Nova Scotia, along with Halifax Regional Municipality, will honour local winners in the Nova Scotia Recycles School Contest. A celebration dinner will be held at the Brightwood Golf and Country Club from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. The winning and runner-up students to be recognized at this event are listed in the attached table.

Every October, RRFB Nova Scotia, in cooperation with the province's 55 municipalities, organizes the Nova Scotia Recycles Contest. This year, students were challenged to consider the 3R's (reduce, reuse and recycle) and composting as they created artwork for cloth bags, designed advertisements using old magazines, created television ads and wrote research essays.

"Thanks to the students and teachers who have shown an overwhelming interest in our contest", says Bill Ring, CEO of RRFB Nova Scotia. "Their enthusiasm and dedication to recycling and composting will help ensure a clean environment for future generations."

Over 8,700 contest entries were received from students in grades primary to twelve. Winners and runners-up were selected in each of Nova Scotia's seven solid waste-resource management regions. More than $ 55,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to winning students and their schools, including over $20,000 in scholarships for Grade 12 students.

RRFB Nova Scotia would like to thank Mountain Equipment Co-op and Empire Theatres for their continued support of the Nova Scotia Recycles Contest.

For more information, visit www.rrfb.com or contact:

Alanna McPhee, RRFB Nova Scotia, 902-897-3252 or 902-890-7321
Shannon Betts, Halifax Regional Municipality, 902-490-7153 or 902-476-2470

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NOVA SCOTIA RECYCLES CONTEST WINNERS/ RUNNERS-UP
REGION 4: Halifax Regional Municipality

Grade	Winner	Runner-Up	Runner-Up
Primary-One	Ms. Helen Cusack O'Connell Drive Elementary	Ms. Susan Coffin Kingswood Elementary	Ms. Daniele Cruickshank Rockingham Elementary
Two- Three	Katie Martin Ash Lee Jefferson School	Taylor Prest Dutch Settlement School	Caitlin MacNeil Bel Ayr
Four – Six	Meagan Chaput Crossroads Academy	Jackie Amirault Tantallon Elementary School	Megan Murphy Ecole Beaubassin
Seven – Nine	Denisha Reilly, Brigid Cleary, Michaela Title Gorsebrook Junior High School *PROVINCIAL WINNER	Melanie Toner Ecole Beaubassin	Samantha D'Astou, Kara White, Gabrielle McLaughlin, Olivia McKee-Muir Ecole Carrefour
Ten-Eleven-Twelve	Mitchell Gilroy, Allyson Cole, Shelby Cole, Kevin Hazlehurst Musquodoboit Rural High School	Nadine Vautour, Melissa Landry, Katia Perez, Christian Allaire Ecole Carrefour
Twelve	Nicole Crozier Charles P. Allen High School	Sammi Jessome Lockeview High School