In celebration of Global Recycling Day 2025, the Belize Fund is launching a countrywide competition that connects our daily recycling habits to the health of Belize’s precious coastal and marine ecosystems. We invite you to join us by showcasing their recycling efforts in a creative and impactful way through our Recycling Challenge. Let’s turn waste into a resource and inspire change for a healthier environment!
Why Recycle?
Recycling plays a vital role in protecting our coast and ocean by reducing plastic pollution, a major threat to marine life and ecosystems. Beyond plastics, recycling helps divert other waste materials like metals, glass, and paper from landfills, conserving natural resources and minimizing the need to extract virgin materials such as trees and ores. It also combats climate change by lowering greenhouse gas emissions linked to waste production and transportation. Additionally, recycling saves money for individuals and communities by decreasing the volume of waste requiring landfill disposal, making it an impactful choice for both the environment and our economy.
The Challenge:
Schools, families, and community groups must create a 1-minute video showcasing your innovative recycling initiatives in one of three categories:
- Creative Recycling Masters – Transform recyclables into imaginative creations such as art, crafts, home décor, or functional items. Highlight upcycling techniques or creative storage solutions.
- Community Champions – Showcase community-driven efforts like clean-up drives, recycling programs, or educational initiatives that promote sustainability.
- Sustainable Stars – Share practical recycling habits, including composting systems, plastic reduction strategies, or creative ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle in daily life.
Prizes: (Prize Pool Total $3100)
- Category Winners: (1st Place $500, 2nd Place $300, 3rd Place $200) for each category
- People’s Choice Prize: $100
Timeline:
- Submissions Deadline: February 28, 2025.
- Fan Voting Period: March 1 – 15, 2025.
- Winner Announcement: March 18, 2025 (Global Recycling Day).
Rules and Guidelines:
- All videos must be original content created by the participants.
- Open to all Belizean citizens and residents
- Participants may submit one video entry only
- Videos can be in English or Creole
- Video Requirements:
- Duration: 60 seconds maximum
- Format: MP4 or MOV
- Resolution: Minimum 720p
- Must include clear audio/narration
- Content Requirements:
- Clearly demonstrate recycling activity
- Explain the impact on marine/coastal conservation
- Show measurable results where applicable
- Include a brief description of your initiative
- Complete the entry form below and submit along with your video to communications@belizefund.bz
- All entries will be posted on Belize Fund’s social media platforms. Encourage your network to vote for their favorite videos by likes, comments, and shares (People’s choice prize up for grabs!).
Judging Criteria:
- Creativity and Originality: How unique and innovative is the recycling effort?
- Relevance and Clarity: How well does the video showcase recycling in action?
- Impact: The measurable or visible benefit of the initiative on the environment.
- Quality: Effort put into the video’s content and presentation.
- Overall Impression: The “wow” factor.
Disclaimer:
By submitting a video, participants agree and grant permission for full use by the Belize Fund to display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works from the video, in whole or in part, in any media currently existing or subsequently developed. This is for any educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival, scholarly, or all other standard purposes related to the Belize Fund’s communication activities and product development for Belize’s coastal and marine environment.
