Take on the 100% Textile Challenge:

Avoid plastic bags!

The goal is simple and inspiring: to collect as many clothes, bedding, shoes, and small toys as possible—without using plastic bags!

How do you participate?

Children, parents, and grandparents bring their donations in a reusable bundle.

Zero waste tip:

  • Turn an old pillowcase, sheet, or pair of jeans into a bundle.
  • Use a paper bag or a reusable bag.

Please avoid cardboard boxes, as they take up too much space in the truck.

Why is this important?

  • Each bag collected helps the school/childcare center fund specific projects.
  • Every bundle you fill is a powerful action for the planet: less waste, more reuse.
  • Children learn to reduce their consumption, understand where textiles come from, and give clothes a second lease on life.

Together, we make a difference

By participating in the 100% Textile Challenge, you show your children that every action counts. They will become ambassadors for recycling and solidarity.
Watch the video on the Super Recyclers YouTube channel to find out how to easily make a backpack, and take up the challenge with us!

The 100% Textile Challenge is evolving! NEW FOR 2026–2027

Last year, to mark our 10th anniversary, we were pleased to offer a special $100 grant to schools that took on the 100% Textile Challenge (collecting 500 kg or more without using plastic bags).

This year, we’re evolving this recognition: the 100% Textile Challenge becomes one of the mobilization activities recognized as part of our new Ambassador Schools Program.

In practice, running your collection plastic-free—using reusable bundles and bags—now counts among the actions that make your school eligible for the Ambassador Grant. The grant comes with more generous amounts: up to $1,000 (Gold), $500 (Silver), or $200 (Bronze), on top of the usual funding based on weight collected.

In other words, what you were already doing to earn the $100 now counts for a lot more—not less. By pairing your 100% Textile Challenge with one or two other educational activities (workshop, wall of commitment, family awareness), your school could aim for a grant of up to $1,000.

Visit the Ambassador Schools Program page for full details.

Congratulations!

Several schools distinguished themselves through their additional environmental engagement.

Here are our zero-plastic collection champions for the 2025-2026 school year:

  1. John Adam Memorial
  2. École Notre-Dame, Montcalm
  3. École Tourne-VentAcadémie des Sacrés-Cœurs
  4. École Arc-en-Ciel, Huberdeau
  5. École Activités Préscolaires
  6. École La Farandole
  7. École les Jeunes Découvreurs
  8. École Hébert
  9. École Fleur-Soleil
  10. St. Gabriel Elementary School
  11. École Le Vitrail
  12. École de la Nacelle
  13. École Saint-Fabien
  14. Rawdon Elementary
  15. Garderie La Petite Jeunesse
  16. École FrancoJeunesse
  17. École Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau
  18. École St-Joseph d’Orléans
  19. École Jeanne-Sauvé
  20. École Espaces-Couleurs
  21. École des Cardinaux, Laval

Here are our zero plastic champions for the 2023-2024 school year:

  1. École Saint-Fabien, Montréal
  2. École Jacques-de-Chambly, Chambly
  3. École les Jeunes Découvreurs, Boucherville
  4. École Arc-en-ciel, Huberdeau
  5. Garderie éducative la petite jeunesse, Joliette
  6. École Hébert, Laval
  7. École St. Gabriel, Montréal
  8. École Jacques-Buteux, Trois-Rivières
  9. École Saint-Joseph, Ottawa
  10. École FrancoJeunesse, Ottawa
  11. CPE Brin d’Éveil, Laval
  12. Collège Sainte-Anne, Dorval
  13. CPE Harmonie Soleil, Laval
  14. Collège Stanislas de Québec, Québec
  15. CPE l’Antre-Temps, Mont-Tremblant et Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
  16. École Notre-Dame, Saint-Alexis-de-Montcalm
  17. Garderie Enfantastik, Saint-Lazarre

Here are our zero-plastic collection champions for the 2022-2023 school year:

  1. École Saint-Fabien, Montréal
  2. École Jacques-de-Chambly, Chambly
  3. École les Jeunes Découvreurs, Boucherville
  4. École Hébert, Laval
  5. École Saint-Joseph, Ottawa
  6. École FrancoJeunesse, Ottawa
  7. École Jacques-Buteux, Trois-Rivières
  8. École Socrates Demosthène, Laval
  9. École Marie-Leneuf, Trois-Rivières
  10. École Richelieu, Trois-Rivières
  11. École FontaineBleau, Bainville
  12. École Notre-Dame, St-Alexis de Montcalm

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