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Pledge to Recycle
November 2nd, 2010 in
With overwhelming support from all ages, Keep Virginia Beautiful recently launched a new campaign called “I Will Keep VA Beautiful” to encourage people to recycle across the state.

Virginia residents were invited to sign our “I Will” banner at the State Fair. It was on display for 10 days and thousands of people signed on to pledge to recycle and in general keep the Commonwealth beautiful.
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Mass Communications Student Wins Video Contest
October 28th, 2010 in Green video contest florida A Bag's Life reycle reuse plastic bags
USF College of Arts and Sciences News —

Everyone has been told that recycling is important and should be done on a daily basis. There is even a song titled "3 R's" by Jack Johnson informing people to reduce, reuse and recycle.

For Dan Bakst, a junior majoring in mass communications, the idea of reusing involved a plastic bag and an imagination.
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It's "A Bag's Life" for Video Contest Winners
October 28th, 2010 in video contest
By Jennifer Berry — Earth911.com —

Earlier this month, student-made videos took home more than $3,000 in prizes as top winners for the A Bag’s Life video contest were chosen.
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DSC student wins state contest promoting recycling
October 20th, 2010 in plastic bags Green video contest florida recycling
DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL —

Using creative ways to encourage recycling won local college and high school students monetary prizes in a statewide competition.
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Students win cash prize in green video contest
October 13th, 2010 in recycle reuse plastic bags video contest
THE ORACLE — By Julia Pappacoda —

Dan Nguyen and Dan Bakst placed first in a video contest sponsored by Florida’s A Bag Life. They received a $1,500 cash prize.

Two USF students relied on their filmmaking talents to shed light on environmental concerns, winning a video competition and prize money in the process.
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It's a Wrap on Video Contest
October 4th, 2010 in plastic bag video contest a bags life plastic bag recycling winners
TALLAHASSEE, FL (Oct. 5, 2010) —A happy music clip that pairs unlikely best friends and a short news spoof about a worldwide strike averted by treaty have been named grand prize winners in the A Bag’s Life video contest promoting recycling and reuse of free plastic bags in Florida.
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Orlando DEP, A Bag's Life Collection Event Huge Success
September 20th, 2010 in Florida Department of Environmental Protection plastic bag recycling A Bag's Life
ORLANDO (Sept. 18, 2010) – Kicking off the 20th Anniversary of National Pollution Prevention Week (P2 Week) the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Easy As One initiative along with the Orange County Expressway Authority and A Bag’s Life today hosted a collection event in Orlando at the Amway Arena.
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"A Bag's Life" Video Contest In Final Month
August 12th, 2010 in recycle video contest florida Reduce A Bag's Life
TALLAHASSEE, FL – (Aug. 11, 2010) A musical celebrating best friends, a drama dealing with a worldwide strike and a ditty about cleaning up after a doggie are among three entries racking up votes in the final month of a video contest promoting recycling and reuse of free plastic bags. Floridians still have until Sept. 5 to enter A Bag’s Life Video Contest, with the top prize up to $1,500.
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Friends, pooper-scoopers and other funny stuff
July 15th, 2010 in recycle plastic bags Green video contest abagslife.com
By Eden Joyner

Have you checked out the www.abagslife.com video contest entries lately? The votes are piling up and even the media is taking notice.
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Know of a Creative Way to Reuse Plastic Bags?
July 9th, 2010 in Recycle Plastic Bags abagslife video contest florida
By Melissa Eichman, Bay News 9

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A statewide summer project is looking for creative ideas to help to get the word out about recycling.

A new recycling contest called 'A Bag's Life' wants your ideas on what to do with all plastic grocery bags.

University of South Florida TV production student Dan Bakst recently entered the contest.

"I thought it would be a fun idea, like having bags as your friends, like a roommate almost," he said.
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