The Environment Division Education Unit, in close collaboration with the Antigua and Barbuda Waste Recycling Company, embarked upon an ambitious project of waste recycling in the 2009-2010 school year. Environment Education Officer Arica Hill stated that the project entailed encouraging all of the schools that are a part of the Environment Cadet program to bring in recyclables throughout the year. Hill said that at the end of the school year, in July, the schools that were able to collect the most recyclables would receive a considerable prize.

So far the cadets have collected a total of 6,897 pounds of recyclables. Golden Grove Primary School is presently the most enthusiastic Primary school having collected 837 pounds in three months; while the Antigua State College outranks the other schools in its division (secondary and tertiary institutions) after collecting 445 pounds.

Hill states that she wishes to encourage all the schools to continue to recycle within the coming terms and to look forward to incentives throughout the year.

ABWREC manager, Carol-Faye George, has stated that the facility in Coolidge is able to recycle even more materials. These materials are: plastic bottles (PET & HDPE/1&2), aluminium cans, steel tins, vehicular batteries, UPS batteries, PVC cuttings, galvanize cuttings, scrap metals and toner cartridges. Schools are encouraged to bring in any of these materials, particularly the steel tins which are easily accessible.