The Missouri Department of Transportation announced that Bailey Wagner and her fourth grade science club students at Mountain View Elementary School were winners of the 2025 “No MOre Trash!” trash can decorating contest.
Wagner’s group won the 3-5 category for their “How To Train Your Trash Can” entry.
“The students used donated and recycled material to create a likeness of Toothless the dragon from the ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ movies,” Wagner wrote in their submission entry.
“The entire project was a team effort, and the trash can has been a huge success for sharing the anti-littering message with all ages of students here at Mountain View Elementary.”
The school will receive a check for $200 for the category win.
Schools in Union, Ellsinore and Glasgow won prizes in other categories.
MoDOT sponsors the contest as part of Missouri’s “No MOre Trash!” campaign to raise awareness about and discourage littering. The contest encourages students from kindergarten through 12th grade to join the fight against litter by decorating and displaying a large trash can with the “No MOre Trash!” logo and a litter-prevention message using a variety of creative mediums.