On February 22nd and March 1st, Rocky River High School’s Honors Apparel Development II Class won first and second place with a $600.00 prize for the best use of recyclable materials at The Recycle the Runway Event sponsored by Charlotte Solid Waste Services, Waste Reduction in Mecklenburg County, and MGR Youth Empowerment.
Students used any materials they wanted to as long as it was on the list of recyclables accepted in landfills.
Seventeen students from the class designed and created the four winning garments. The winners were chosen based on entries that incorporated the largest amount of recyclable materials.
The Recycle the Runway Event offers an opportunity for high school students in public or private Mecklenburg County Schools to participate and showcase their design skills to create and exhibit outfits, stage decorations and award trophies from items found in a recycling or trash container.
Rocky River apparel teacher Carol Parrish knew this project was something her students could do.
“Since one of the objectives in the Honors Apparel Development II course has to do with taking an item and recycling it, I thought this was a great project to have the students think outside the box instead of using fabric they would use items out of the recycling bin,” she says.
