Canadian non-profit invites students to join their second annual sustainability marketing competition. 

Clean Recycling Initiative is a non-profit organization based in Montreal that has recognized the need to reduce textile waste from textile manufacturing processes.  

The organization started the International Sustainability Marketing Competition in 2022 to engage students in their field of work and is continuing it this year.  

The competition is an opportunity for post-secondary students from around the world to participate in and win prizes with their ideas on textile waste management. 

Anna Belford, sustainable development specialist at the Clean Recycling Initiative said, “Our goal as an organization is to educate the general public about recycling misconceptions surrounding the textile industry and the truly sustainable technologies that we offer to help mitigate textile waste issues.” 

The virtual competition requires students to develop a project or campaign idea and submit it for the chance to win prizes.  

“The task this year has to do with creating an educational marketing campaign on textile waste issues. We will have information sessions to teach students who are participating about what is currently going on with textile recycling, what’s going on in textile manufacturing, and information about our organization,” said Belford. 

In 2022, around 400 students from 70 different schools around the world registered for the competition. 

“While there were a lot of participants there, it wasn’t a big range, I think it was only from four different countries or so. And so, this year, we have just over 260 different schools from about 60 different countries,” Belford said.  

Students can register individually or in a group. They will then have a month’s time to work on their project or campaign idea. 

Participants will be provided with an information session to learn more details about the competition once they register. 

Participants have a chance of winning three prizes of $3500, $2000, and $1000 for first, second, and third place respectively.  

The campaign created by the participants may also potentially be used by the organization. 

Interested students can sign up using this link. To learn more about the Clean Recycling Initiative, visit their website.