We are excited to announce the 2025 ReMA Recycling Contest Winners!

The 2025 contest theme challenged participants to create a PSA detailing the hidden risks of improper battery recycling and the uncovered rewards that accompany safe and proper battery recycling methods. We received over 360 submissions from more than 475 students all across the country! On behalf of JASON Learning and ReMA, thank you students and teachers for the incredible work that went into each and every submission. See the poster and video winners, finalists, and honorable mentions below.

Poster Winners

Hannah Sogliuzzi & Sofia Bartoletti

Fourth graders Hannah Sogliuzzi and Sofia Bartoletti, from St. Bridget School, in Cheshire, CT, created this year’s winning poster submission for the Connecticut state recycling contest. Their project represented the uncovered rewards and hidden risks associated with safe and unsafe battery recycling practices.

Thank you to their teacher, Ms. Karlene Rearick, for supporting her students in submitting this wonderful poster! Congratulations!

Poster Winners

Julian Hernandez

Twelfth grader Julian Hernandez, from Charles F. Hayden High School, in Milford, CT, created this year’s winning poster submission for the Connecticut state recycling contest. Their project represented the uncovered rewards and hidden risks associated with safe and unsafe battery recycling practices.

Thank you to his teacher, Mr. Nicholas LaVecchia, for supporting his student in submitting this wonderful poster! Congratulations!

Finalists

Submissions that are in the Finalist category scored in the top 6% of all entries.

Congratulations! 

Poster Finalists

Video Finalists

Ryan Adinolfi & Oliver Uluski

Honorable Mentions

Submissions who are in the Honorable Mention category scored in the top 29% of all entries.

Congratulations! 

Poster Honorable Mentions

Video Honorable Mentions

Charlotte Delano & Summer Lacek

Annabelle Herrick

Check out our Recycling Activities Collection: Lessons and Resources for Grades K-12!

Designed in partnership with ReMA, the trade association representing the recycling industry, students explore the benefits and challenges of sustainable recycling through a variety of activities ranging from physics and chemistry to engineering and human impacts while becoming informed citizens and careful consumers.