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Home My WebLink AboutReg 2026-04-20 Item 4A - Presentation - Recycle Right Earth Day Art Contest WinnersCity of Tukwila Thomas McLeod, Mayor Marty Wine, City Administrator AGENDA BILL ITEM NO. 4.A. Agenda Item City of Tukwila and Recology Project Recycle Right Earth Day Art Contest Winners Sponsor Colleen Minion, Solid Waste Analyst, Public Works Legislative History Recommended Motion April 20, 2026 Regular Meeting ❑x Discussion Only ❑ Action Requested EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City of Tukwila and Recology will award the first through third place winners in three youth categories, the winner of the group project, and the teacher with the most submissions for the 2026 Project Recycle Right Earth Day Art Contest. ATTACHMENTS • Project Recycle Right Art Contest PowerPoint 4 5 This Year's Contest The Goal: Create a drawing, photo, or video piece that displays how one can reduce waste, reuse items, and/or recycle correctly. A girds: • 11 Total Award Recipients • Prizes include a gift from the Recology Store and a gift card of choice PROJECT RECYCLE RIGHT 2026 EARTH DAY ART, PHOTO, VIDEO CONTEST PRESENTED BY: CITY OF TUKWILA & RECOLOGY CONTEST INFORMATION Share your message on how you reduce waste, reuse items, andfor recycle correctly with a drawing, photo of an art piece, photograph, or short video (60 seconds or less). Winning entries will be presented to City Council and shared on City of Tukwila and Recology websites, social media, and an Earth Day news release, Winning art pieces may also be displayed at Southcenter Mall. HOW TO PARTICIPATE 1. For complete rules and to download an entry form, visit ti�url.com/2026.,Art Recology.com/Tukwila or email RKCArtContest@recology.com. Paper forms are available. 2.Submit your completed entry form at tjnyurl.com/2026-Art by 11 pm on Firiday, March 2_llrh. 3. Finalists will be announced on IVlunday, April 113th by noon, WHAT ARE THE PRIZES? Each winner in the categories below will receive a gift from the Recology Store, in addition to an option between a select choice of gift cards corresponding to the prize amount. Elementary School 1st place: $150 gift card 2nd place: $100 gift card d place: $50 gift card Middle School 1st place: $200 gift card 2nd place: 3150 gift card 3rd place: $100 gift card High School ( I Best group project 1st place: $300 gift card 2nd place: 2200 gift card 3rd place: $100 gift card Questions? Email us at RKCArtContesti ro kgy.com *Teachers much teach in the Tukwila School bistrietto qualify. If there is a tie, the $400 will be split evenly between the winning teachers. Please note: Al submissions or incomplete forms may result in disqualification of entry. 0 gift card Two or more students Teacher* with most submissions from one class $400 for class supplies 6 Best Group Project Best Group Project: Sisifa Kato, 5th grade Jorge Valencia, 4th grade Title: "The Box of Truth" "This relates to Earth Day because it highlights what would happen if we did or didn't clean our earth. On the clean side, it is a person named Bob. Bob represents us being happy, because our hard work of cleaning made us happy. And the duck represents the animals that live on our earth. It's still floating around happily is because its habitat was clean. The other side is the opposite. It shows Bob anc the duck disgustingly sad, because we didn't clean our earth. So that's why we should keep our earth clean." 8 Elementary 3rd Place: Elementary Samson Molla, 2nd grade "My poster is about saving the trees energy and water. I want to teach people to teach the earth love to do the same." 10 2nd Place: Elementary Sublime Mputu, 2nd grade "We should keep our Earth clean we need to protect it. We can help it be hapy." 11 1st Place: Elementary George Scott, 5th grade Title: "Do the right thing: recyle" "My project "do the right thing: recycle" realats to recylcling by showing what happens when you recyle something and what happens when you throw away somthing. First it shows what happens when you throw away somthing. It show's that that item go's to the dump and stay there. Then it show's what happens when you recyle somthing. It shows that when we recyle somthing we get to use it again!" 12 Middle School 3rd Place: Middle School Morgan Winchester, 6th Grade Title: "Help the Earth" "My project relates to this waste reduction, recycling and Earth day by showing and telling how to do all these things for reducing waste I have things you can do, for recycling I have things that can go in recycle and for Earth day I have things you can do to help the earth." [ 14 2nd Place: Middle School Indy Akers, 7th Grade Title: "The Pale Blue Dot" "My message in the art is inspired from a written piece by Carl Sagan. He writes how this pale blue dot, out in space, is our only known home. We must take care of it and how it is not optional to us. He tells us to take action to save our home and be kind to the "pale blue dot". I hope this art will remind others of the precious Earth we all call home." e, cor\ P +1 0 0,4 GAN' it' S ; 6: I; 47 4' a +0* .00,:r (,).C4Lo eq C KTL P At a u ° 1 5 lst Place: Middle School Lily Saeteurn, 8th Grade Title: "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Get Crafty!" "I believe that my project relates to waste reduction because it provides numerous examples of how to recycle trash into a beautiful piece of art! I also that my paper can inspire others to express themselves artistically while also helping the earth out. Lastly, I trust that this project can light many imaginations by showing the multiple things a regular piece of rubbish can turn into!" •"40,t,tr 1 6 High School 3rd Place: High School Katerina Koroleva, 11 th Grade Title: "Help Save our Planet" "The focus of my project is that the Earth is in our hands and how it's important to be mindful and to make good decisions with it. It is vital to reduce, reuse, and recycle to keep our planet safe." 18 2nd Place: High School Radley Castillo, 11 th Grade Title: "Trash Talk" "This piece shows a tongue in cheek approach to sorting recyclables from trash." 19 1st Place: High School Billy Richards, 11 th Grade Title: "Recycle Right River" "In the drawing, you see salmon telling you how to properly recycle by showing you what kinds of things belong in the recycle. The underlying message is that the environment, which includes our fish, also cares about how you manage waste because it affects them greatly." „J%::tIP'Atik4,:„„Vrk7'v 4614 20 Classroom with Most Entries Ms. Serey's Class with 26 Entries! 22