CHICAGO — Kidz Korner, located in Channahon, was declared a winner in the Great American Can Roundup School Challenge, a national recycling contest sponsored by the Can Manufacturing Institute (CMI).

Kidz Korner recycled a total of 1,200 pounds of aluminum cans, the most of any participating school in Illinois, and earned more than $480 in recycling proceeds. The school won $1,000 from the CMI as well as another $1,000 from Rexam, a leading global aluminum beverage can maker, which teamed with Kidz Korner providing recycling boxes and aligning the school with the industry contest.