This year’s free Earth Day event will feature lots of fun activities, food and more. Several new fun and educational features will be available. The celebration will be Saturday, April 14, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Garland Recycling Center, 1426 Commerce Street, Garland. The rain date is April 28.
What will there be to do at this free event?
- Keep Garland Beautiful Trash Off
- Email Keep Garland Beautiful to register
- Check-In at 8 a.m. @Fire Administration Parking Lot
- Special appreciation gift for all Trash Off participants
- Recycling center tours will be held at 11 a.m., 12 p.m., and 1 p.m.
- Face Painting & Bounce Houses
- Educational games & prizes
- Free food
- New Features:
- Armadillo races
- Toilet races
- VBike Test Drives
- Seed Stomp
- More exhibitors
- Recyclables collected during the event:
- Bicycles
- Cooking oil, fat, grease
- Electronics
- Eyeglasses
- Metal
- Motor oil, oil filters
- Single-stream recycling
- Free shredding provided on-site for Garland residents
- Must show ID with Garland address
- Limit of 4 boxes per household
Recycled Art Competition
Open to kindergarten through fifth grade students to express their artistic ability using recyclable materials. View Competition Guidelines or Download Entry Form
- Create a piece of art which shows the importance of recycling and reuse to keep materials out of the landfill.
- Winners announced at noon
- Prizes awarded in two groups
- K-2nd grade and 3rd – 5th grade:
1st Place: $250
2nd Place: $150
3rd Place: $100
Earth Day Mission: Earth Day Network’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 50,000 partners in nearly 195 countries to build environmental democracy. More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. We work through a combination of education, public policy and consumer campaigns.