Start of the 1st Panhellenic Secondary School Recycling Championship

As part of its social and environmental awareness programs, TEXAN organizes the “1st National School Recycling Championship” under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of Environment and Energy. The initiative aims to raise awareness and encourage the active participation of young people—particularly Gymnasium and Lyceum students—in the recycling process.

The “1st National School Recycling Championship” is open to students from classes of lower and upper secondary schools (Gymnasiums and Lyceums) of the municipalities where Multi-Functional Recycling Centers are in operation.

Read below the terms of the competition.

 
TERMS OF COMPETITION

LOCATION

In the Multi-purpose Recycling Centers located in Municipalities & Regions of Greece, which are presented below.

DURATION 

By Friday, May 15, 2026.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

•    The ‘1st National School Recycling Championship’ is open to students from classes of lower and upper secondary schools (Gymnasiums and Lyceums) of the municipalities where Multi-functional Recycling Centers are in operation.
•    Students of Primary - Secondary Education schools can return for recycling plastic, metal and glass materials (from water, milk, juice, soft drinks etc.) to the sites where the Multi-purpose Recycling Centres operate (which are presented on the website www.recycling-center.gr)
•    At the conclusion of the recycling process for all plastic, metal, and glass materials at the Multi-purpose Recycling Centers, the participant’s coupon of participation in the "1st National School Recycling Championship" is automatically printed.
•    Students of secondary education classes collectively, as a school class, collect the participation coupons of the "1st National School Recycling Championship".
•    Each school class should deliver, by Tuesday, May 19, 2026, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, all vouchers that will have been collected and counted to the City Hall of each Municipality, after having filled out the required information in order to participate in the competition.
•    The school class per grade that will collect the largest amount of recyclable materials (i.e. will have the highest participation in the recycling process) will win one of the 6 big prizes of the competition:

 
One (1) 5-day trip* to USA for all students of the winning class in each Secondary Education grade, to see Giannis Antetokounmpo play live in an NBA game.

•    In the "1st National School Recycling Championship", the first-place school classes in each grade nationwide will be designated as the "MVP School Classes of Recycling", i.e will be declared as the winning school classes as follows:
 
•    The top-ranking class among all 1st-grade Gymnasium classes
•    The top-ranking class among all 2nd-grade Gymnasium classes
•    The top-ranking class among all 3rd-grade Gymnasium classes
•    The top-ranking class among all 1st-grade Lyceum classes
•    The top-ranking class among all 2nd-grade Lyceum classes
•    The top-ranking class among all 3rd-grade Lyceum classes
 
All the terms of the competition have been submitted to a notary.

PRIZES

“The grand gift-prize of the “1st National School Recycling Championship”, awarded to six (6) school classes—specifically, the top class from each grade—that recycle the largest amount of materials, is the following: 

•      One (1) 5-day trip* to USA for all students of the winning class in each Secondary Education grade, to see Giannis Antetokounmpo play live in an NBA game.

* The prize includes round-trip airfare, four (4) overnight stays at a 4* or 5* hotel, half-board accommodation, organized visits to local attractions, as well as one (1) ticket to an NBA game for each student and accompanying chaperone.

• Please note that the grand gift-prize is personal and non-transferable and may not be redeemed for cash.

NOMINATION OF WINNERS
The nomination of the school classes that will win the grand gift-prize of the ‘1st National School Recycling Championship’ will take place on Friday, May 29, 2026.
 
All the terms of the competition have been submitted to a notary.

For further information, please contact: 2109751000, 801 11 11 600 (for calls within Greece, from a landline phone)