MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., April 24 -- Georgia College & State University issued the following news release:

By Ian Wesselhoff

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eorgia College & State University mass communication students organized a three-week battery recycling competition, culminating on Earth Day, across all five public Baldwin County K-8 schools.

This is the second iteration of the "Battery Hero" project that Georgia College seniors debuted at Midway Hills Academy last semester. This semester, a new group of 24 students in a public relations planning class helped add four more schools: Lakeview Primary, Lakeview Academy, Midway Hills Primary and Oak Hill Middle School.

With the goal of scaling the campaign even further, four seniors in a strategic campaigns capstone al...