Edmonds students say plastic bags are so out of here
Poster contest helps support the upcoming ban in the city
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Enterprise / CHRIS GOODENOW
Edmonds-Woodway senior Amanda Rengli (left) won a first place award for her plastic bag ban poster design, presented during her drawing and painting class May 18 at Edmonds-Woodway High School. Also pictured are honorable mention winners senior Mariya Dudyshyn (from second from left), senior Jenna Zaback (not pictured, poster at center), junior Arturo Perez, and second place winner senior Katy Olson.
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Enterprise / CHRIS GOODENOW
Edmonds-Woodway senior Amanda Rengli (right) accepts a first-place award for her plastic bag ban poster design from Val Stewart (from left) and Jen Machuga, of the city of Edmonds Reusable Bag Subcommittee, and Edmonds Mayor Gary Haakenson during her drawing and painting class May 18 at Edmonds-Woodway High School.
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Rengli’s entry won first place in the plastic bag ban poster contest.
Last August, the Edmonds City Council adopted an ordinance that will completely ban single-use plastic checkout bags in all retail establishments. The bags must be out by Aug. 27.
In an effort to attract support for the new ordinance, the Edmonds City Council formed a subcommittee in November that has been planning events and a public awareness campaign.
In March, the subcommittee reached out to the Edmonds School District with a “Bring Your Own Bag for a Better Environment” poster contest.
The school district's community arts program coordinator, Laurie Piper, forwarded the guidelines to art teachers in the Edmonds district, Machuga said. The deadline for the contest was originally set for April 10, but was extended to April 20.
The contest was open to students in the seventh through 12th grades enrolled in Meadowdale High School, Edmonds-Woodway High School, Meadowdale Middle School and College Place Middle School, and students enrolled in a private schools within Edmonds city limits, home-schooled within Edmonds city limits, or who were residents within Edmonds city limits but attended a school outside of city limits, Machuga said.
The subcommittee received 41 entries.
The first-place winner was Amanda Rengli, a senior at Edmonds-Woodway High School, followed by fellow Edmonds-Woodway senior Katy Olson in second place. The third-place winner was senior Blaine Palmer of Meadowdale High School. Honorable mentions went to 10 students in the eighth through 12th grades.
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