Odessa, Texas/April 13, 2025-On Friday, April 11th, H-E-B, Odessa Mayor Cal Hendrick and city Councilman At-Large Graig Stoker celebrated with students, teachers and staff at Noel Elementary for the annual Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge and community cleanup. Students in classrooms across the state of Texas collected thousands of pounds of plastic bags in replicas of HEB’s recycling bins located in front-of-store.
(Jessicka Gonzales, Public Relations-West Texas H-E-B/Texas)
Odessa Mayor Cal Hendrick read from a children’s book titled Recycling Day produced and distributed by H-E-B. The book will be placed in the Noel Elementary Library for students to check out and read.
(Cal Hendrick, Odessa Mayor-City of Odessa, Texas)
The Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge kicked off on Tuesday, March 4th with a record breaking 792 schools participating in the challenge.
(Jennie Chavez, Principal-Noel Elementary-Ector County ISD/Odessa, Texas)
H-E-B is offering shoppers free reusable bags in celebration of Earth Day coming up on April 22nd.
For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera.
