TCI Shines Schools' Big Bin Competition Winners!

  HUGE congratulations to Mr. Williams and Grade 6 for winning first place in the 2017 TCI Shines Schools' Big Bin Competition! Their prize was a cheque for $700.00 for the International School of TCI. Take a look at our recent blog on the children's hardworking creating and painting the bin. This initiative was part of Tourism Environment Awareness Month and hopes to create awareness at schools and within the local community, to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment for us all. In an effort to keep our islands clean, the sponsors issued large, plastic bins to schools around the country.   The challenge was to decorate your bin to represent the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was thought that not only would the bins encourage people to throw their garbage away, but they would also bring students together to spread one message: “Keep our islands clean!”  

  The Students of Grade 6 were excited to enter the Big Bin competition, promoting cleanliness for a healthier environment, not only for our tourism industry, but for generations to come.  

TCI Shines Schools’ Big Bin Competition

Read more on the Government's Facebook page     Look out litter critters! The TCI will soon be scattered with beautifully decorated bins to keep our islands Beautiful by Nature. The Ministry of Tourism, Environment, Gaming, Heritage and Culture, in collaboration with TC Crystal Pure, Karam & Missick Attorneys at Law, the Turks & Caicos Islands Tourist Board, the Turks & Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA) and the Department of Environmental Health will be initiating the TCI Shines Schools' Big Bin Competition on 21 November, 2016. The initiative, which will see every school on every island decorate a large plastic drum to be used as a garbage bin, is part of Tourism Environment Awareness Month, and hopes to create awareness, at schools and within the local community, to ensuring a cleaner, healthier environment for us all. Hon. Porsha Stubbs-Smith, Minister of Tourism, Environment, Gaming, Heritage and Culture says;

“I am excited for the Big Bin competition, as I am certain our students’ talent will shine bright. This is a wonderful initiative and one that should continue as we promote cleanliness for a healthier environment, not only for our tourism industry but for generations to come,”

Every school on every island will receive one, TC Crystal-sponsored plastic drum and a set of criteria. The three most creative drums in each category, namely Primary and High school, will stand a chance to win some exciting prizes for their school! The TCI Shines Schools' Big Bin Competition will kick-off with eight Provo schools, who will display their completed bins at the annual TCI Shines Clean-up, at the Bight Park. Stacy Cox, TCHTA’s Executive Director says;

“We are excited to have TCHTA’s TCI Shine develop to include this year’s Big Bin competition, making it more accessible and easier for individuals to dispose of their litter. We look forward to the support of each individual to take advantage of the bins that will be strategically placed around the Island in an effort to keep our Island “Beautiful by Nature”…….as we all remember “Tourism is Key….it starts with ME!!,”

No entry fee is required, however all schools are to participate and will be required to submit three photographs of their drum, including a photograph of the location where the drum has been placed, by the closing date on March 1st, 2017. More about TCI Tourism Environmental Awareness Month.