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| LOCAL 11 YEAR OLD RECEIVES ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM OEC IN COLUMBUS |
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Curtice, OH (October 24, 2011) Erek Hansen, known as “EcoErek”, age 11, received an Environmental Achievement Award in the Youth & Education category at the Ohio Environmental Council’s annual Green Gala in Columbus on Saturday evening, October 22 in front a full crowd of 400 attendees. Erek was nominated for being a recycling crusader. He is an activist in collecting denim and shoes through drives he holds across the state of Ohio. The denim is ultimately remanufactured into housing insulation that is donated back to communities that have been struck by natural disasters (www.CottonFromBlueToGreen.org). The shoes are sent to USAgain (pronounced use-again) and good condition shoes are redirected to those who need them, and shoes in poor condition are ground to make raw material for sidewalks, running tracks, carpet underlayment and playground mulch (www.usagain.com). |
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