📢 Announcement of the extension of the Major Educational Recycling Competition until 20.09.2025!
Due to the extremely large participation and after many requests from schools of the Region, we inform you that the “Major Educational Recycling Competition of Primary and Secondary Education Schools of the Municipalities of the region of Peloponnese” organized in the framework of the social and environmental awareness programs by TEXAN, in cooperation with FODSA (Solid Waste Management Body) of Peloponnese is extended.
The extension is set until 20 September 2025.
The Big Educational Recycling Competition for Primary & Secondary Schools in the Municipalities of Peloponnese region is open to students of all schools located in the Municipalities of Peloponnese region where Recycling Multi-Centers are located.
The competition will take place at the Recycling Multi-Centers, which are installed in 46 sites of the Municipalities of Peloponnese region, and will last until Saturday, September 20th, 2025.
Students can recycle plastic, metal and glass materials.
Read below the competition terms.
Competition terms
PLACE
At the Recycling Multi-Centers located in 46 various sites at the Municipalities of Peloponnese region by FODSA (Solid Waste Management Entity) of the Peloponnese Region. You can take a look at these sites below by selecting the Municipality of interest:
DURATION
Until Saturday, September 20th, 2025.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The Big Educational Recycling Competition for Primary & Secondary Schools in the Municipalities of Peloponnese region is open to students of all schools located in the Municipalities of Peloponnese region where Recycling Multi-Centers are located.
In order to participate in the competition, students of Primary - Secondary Education schools can recycle plastic, metal and glass materials to the Recycle Multi-Centers located in the Municipalities of Peloponnese region.
At the end of the recycling process of all plastic, metal and glass materials, the participation voucher of the Big Educational Recycling Competition for Primary & Secondary Schools of the Municipalities of Peloponnese region is automatically printed.
The students of the Primary & Secondary Education departments will gather collectively as a school class the participation vouchers of the Big Educational Recycling Competition of Primary & Secondary Schools of the Municipalities of Peloponnese region.
Each school should deliver by Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, all vouchers collected and counted at the City Hall in each Municipality after having filled out the required information in order to participate in the competition.
The three (3) schools classes that will recycle the largest quantity of materials (and thus have the highest participation in the recycling process) will win the three (3) big prizes.
All the terms of the competition have been submitted to a notary.
PRIZES
The three (3) big gifts - prizes of the Big Educational Recycling Competition of Primary & Secondary Schools of the Municipalities of Peloponnese region are the following:
1st GIFT - PRIZE*, for the school class with the highest participation:
One (1) 5-day trip for all students of the class to the European city of their preference.
2nd GIFT–PRIZE**, for the school class with the second highest participation:
One (1) 5-day trip for all students of the class to the Greek city of their preference.
3rd GIFT- PRIZE, for the school class with the third highest participation:
One (1) Smartwatch for all students of the class.
*If the first (1st) school class that recycled the largest quantity of materials is a kindergarten or an elementary school, then the 1st GIFT - PRIZE will be: One (1) Electric Bicycle, for all school students.
** If the second (2nd) school class that recycled the second largest quantity of materials is a kindergarten or an elementary school (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grade), then the 2nd GIFT - PRIZE will be: One (1) bicycle for all students.
Please note that the gifts-prizes are personal and specific and can be exchanged for money.
NOMINATION OF WINNERS
The nomination of the schools classes that will win the three (3) big gifts - prizes of the Big Educational Recycling Contest of Primary & Secondary Schools of the Municipalities of Peloponnese region will take place on Friday, September 26ht, 2025.
For further information, please contact: 210 9751000, 210 9718442 & 801 11 11 600 (for calls within Greece, from a landline phone)