2023 Winners Announced! Check them out below: ¶
Eligibility Requirements ¶
- Students (grades 3 - 12) enrolled in a school or homeschooled within the City of Tampa limits under Tampa Solid Waste Service.
- Clients of the MacDonald Training Center Arts Program.
- Verify with schools list provided in the Rules & Regulations Packet link below:
- To verify if you live within the City of Tampa, check your address using the online service tool: City of Tampa Address Verify
- Click on the button below to read complete rules & regulations.
For questions, please email Edgar.CastroTello@tampagov.net.
2022 Art Winners ¶

Mayra - Heritage Elementary School

Cora - Howard W. Blake High School

Mia - Christ the King Catholic School

Jessica - MacDonald Training Center
2022 Poetry Winners ¶
Listen 8 Circle
by Samiyah - Loretta Ingraham Recreation Center
Re-re-re-recycle every day.
Just a little goes a long way.
Re-re-re-recycle every day.
Just a little goes a long way.
Recycle paper, cardboard, glass.
Recycle plastic bottles, aluminum cans.
Recycle newspapers and magazines.
You can do it. Recycle every day.
Re-re-re-recycle every day.
Just a little goes a long way.
Recycle paper, cardboard, glass.
Recycle plastic bottles, aluminum cans.
Recycle newspapers and magazines.
You can do it. Recycle every day.
Just a little goes along way.
Re-re-re-recycle every day.
Just a little goes a long way,
Save Our Home
Finley - Villa Madonna
Living, Breathing every day,
But it's different in the bay.
Animals suffer,
Each day becomes tougher.
We run and jump,
While they live in our dump.
Our sky's are Blue,
While their Sea is gray.
I wouldn't want to Live this way.
They can't Control us,
So let's give our Stuff,
To this Recycling bus,
And make Our world a Better Place.
Think Before You Throw
Genevieve - MacDonald Training Center
…Think about all the nature preserves
from Turkey Creek Park to Cypress Preserve.
…Think about creatures big and small,
birds, amphibians, insects, reptiles, and
mammals alike agonizing over the trash
we choose to throw.
…Think about all the living organisms as a whole
that are dying because we don’t think
before we throw.
…Think about all the land big and small
crying and pleading with us to
think about the trash we throw.
…Think before you throw because your trash
has a big impact of the environment
we live in everyday.
… So before you open a window and throw
and walk on a trail and throw
stop and think.