North Myrtle Beach Middle School Student Wins Recycled Art Contest

North Myrtle Beach Middle School students know how to turn trash into treasure. The school
submitted an entry to the Horry County Solid Waste Authority’s annual POP (Protect Our Planet)
Art Recycling Contest. Sixth grader Stella Prince and friend, Barrett Turecki, created a bottle cap
watermelon, entitled “Sweet as Watermelon”, which was selected as the grand prize winner in the
Horry County Solid Waste Authority’s POP Art Contest.

As grand prizewinner, Stella received an electronic reading device, a medal and a prize pack of
recycled-content items including school supplies.

This was the nineteenth year the Horry County Solid Waste Authority offered the POP Art Contest.
The contest is designed to promote environmental awareness and highlight the creative talents of
students. The contest was open to all middle school students in Horry County.

The students were required to create a work of art using at least 70% of a specified material chosen
by the Solid Waste Authority. This year’s material was bottle caps.

“Sweet as Watermelon” will be on display through April 2024 at the Horry County Solid Waste
Authority, located at 1886 Highway 90, Conway. For additional information, please contact the
Horry County Solid Waste Authority at 843-347-1651 or visit them on the web at
www.SolidWasteAuthority.org.