THE BIC® COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS RECYCLING CONTEST Terms ...
THE BIC® COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS RECYCLING CONTEST Terms and Conditions: 1. The BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest is open to participating BIC® Community Champion locations (i.e. those acting as public locations and appearing on the interactive map) on the Writing Instruments Recycling Programme in the UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands. Employees and family of BIC® and TerraCycle, their agents or anyone connected to the contest are precluded from taking part.
2. The contest will be open from 9am on 11th of April 2016 to 12pm on 30th of June 2016 (“Promotion Period”).
3. Only Writing Instruments will be accepted and counted, and only shipments of 15kg (approximately 1,500 writing instruments) or more will qualify in the contest. Please refer to the attached leaflet to see all items accepted
4. To enter the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest, participants must collect used Writing Instruments and send them to TerraCycle using the freepost UPS address label they can find and print by logging onto their TerraCycle account at terracycle.co.uk.
5. Winners will be determined by absolute collection numbers within the contest timelines outlined in point 2 above. The school who has sent in the largest amount of kilos of Writing Instruments throughout the contest period (outlined in point 2) wins the contest (writing instruments are calculated on the basis of an average unit weight of 10g per unit). To participate in the monthly sweepstake portion of the promotion, collectors must have sent in at least one shipment of writing instruments at a minimum of 15kg during the promotional period. Community Champions who send in a shipment of writing instruments at a minimum of 15kg to TerraCycle UK in a certain month during the aforementioned contest period will receive one entry into the sweepstake portion of the promotion in that particular month. By sending in additional shipments of minimum 15kg of writing instruments, members receive additional entries into the sweepstake that particular month. There are no restrictions in number of shipments per month. The particular month of sweepstake entry is determined by the date TerraCycle register the shipment of writing instruments.
6. Twenty prize winners will be declared for the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest. The grand prize winner will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £100 and a contribution of 10,000 TerraCycle points (£100 worth) added to their TerraCycle account, the runner up will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £70 and 7,000 TerraCycle points (£70 worth) added to their TerraCycle account, the second runner up will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £60 and 6,000 TerraCycle points (£60 worth) added to their 1
TerraCycle account, the third runner up will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £50 and 5,000 TerraCycle points (£50 worth) added to their TerraCycle account and the fourth runner up will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £45 and 4,500 TerraCycle points (£45 worth) added to their TerraCycle account. The 6th place to 10th place winners will each receive 2,500 TerraCycle points (£25 worth) added to their TerraCycle account. The 11th place to 15th place winners will each receive 1,000 TerraCycle points (£10 worth) added to their TerraCycle account. All points will be added to the winners’ accounts by TerraCycle. The points are paid out twice a year, where the schools can donate their points to their chosen charities. The schools will also receive a certificate of the charity donation by TerraCycle. The 16th place to 20th place winners will each receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £10. Please note that the BIC® prize packs are sent out to the administrator of the schools’ collection programme. Hence, it is up to the administrators to divide the price packs accordingly within the winning schools. Additionally, there are three £10 prizes (1,000 TerraCycle points to donate to the winners’ school, charity or non-profit organisation of choice) each month to be won in the sweepstake portion of the contest. By sending in shipments of over 15kg of writing instruments, Community Champions receive entries into the sweepstake. Three randomly selected winners will be chosen after the end of each month in the promotional period. TerraCycle will use http://www.random.org/ to find the winners.
7. No responsibility will be accepted for writing instruments that are lost in the post. Proof of posting is not proof of receipt.
8. Received packages only qualify if they are received during the Promotion Period (detailed in Point 2). The winners will be determined by the total weight of the Writing Instruments they have sent in throughout this contest period.
9. Only one prize will be awarded per collection location per month throughout the Promotion Period.
10. Overall winners will be notified by email on or before the 14th of July 2016. Sweepstake winners of a particular month will be notified by email on or before the 14th of the following month.
11. The winners’ names will be available on TerraCycle’s website and Facebook page.
12. The winners may be required to participate in reasonable publicity at no expense to the promoter. The winners’ names may be mentioned on BIC®’s and TerraCycle’s websites and Facebook pages, and may also be mentioned in any press releases regarding the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest produced by TerraCycle, as well as promotional assets for BIC® such as publicity in social media channels and on their website. No consent form will be 2
required for BIC® or Terracycle to use the name of the winner on BIC®’s and TerraCycle’s website and Facebook page. BIC® may also publish any articles generated by TerraCycle about the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest and the participants of this contest on their Facebook page and website.
13. No cash alternative will be given in whole or in part.
14. By entering the promotion, entrants agree to be bound by, and are deemed to have read, understood and accepted, these terms and conditions.
15. By signing up to the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest you are also signing up to the terms of use that govern the Writing Instruments Recycling Programme http://www.terracycle.co.uk/en-UK/pages/terms-of-use
16. The Promoter will give one month’s notice on this website of any intention to cancel or amend this offer.
Promoter: TerraCycle UK, 5 Wadsworth Rd, Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 7JD. Attachment:
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2. The contest will be open from 9am on 11th of April 2016 to 12pm on 30th of June 2016 (“Promotion Period”).
3. Only Writing Instruments will be accepted and counted, and only shipments of 15kg (approximately 1,500 writing instruments) or more will qualify in the contest. Please refer to the attached leaflet to see all items accepted
4. To enter the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest, participants must collect used Writing Instruments and send them to TerraCycle using the freepost UPS address label they can find and print by logging onto their TerraCycle account at terracycle.co.uk.
5. Winners will be determined by absolute collection numbers within the contest timelines outlined in point 2 above. The school who has sent in the largest amount of kilos of Writing Instruments throughout the contest period (outlined in point 2) wins the contest (writing instruments are calculated on the basis of an average unit weight of 10g per unit). To participate in the monthly sweepstake portion of the promotion, collectors must have sent in at least one shipment of writing instruments at a minimum of 15kg during the promotional period. Community Champions who send in a shipment of writing instruments at a minimum of 15kg to TerraCycle UK in a certain month during the aforementioned contest period will receive one entry into the sweepstake portion of the promotion in that particular month. By sending in additional shipments of minimum 15kg of writing instruments, members receive additional entries into the sweepstake that particular month. There are no restrictions in number of shipments per month. The particular month of sweepstake entry is determined by the date TerraCycle register the shipment of writing instruments.
6. Twenty prize winners will be declared for the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest. The grand prize winner will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £100 and a contribution of 10,000 TerraCycle points (£100 worth) added to their TerraCycle account, the runner up will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £70 and 7,000 TerraCycle points (£70 worth) added to their TerraCycle account, the second runner up will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £60 and 6,000 TerraCycle points (£60 worth) added to their 1
TerraCycle account, the third runner up will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £50 and 5,000 TerraCycle points (£50 worth) added to their TerraCycle account and the fourth runner up will receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £45 and 4,500 TerraCycle points (£45 worth) added to their TerraCycle account. The 6th place to 10th place winners will each receive 2,500 TerraCycle points (£25 worth) added to their TerraCycle account. The 11th place to 15th place winners will each receive 1,000 TerraCycle points (£10 worth) added to their TerraCycle account. All points will be added to the winners’ accounts by TerraCycle. The points are paid out twice a year, where the schools can donate their points to their chosen charities. The schools will also receive a certificate of the charity donation by TerraCycle. The 16th place to 20th place winners will each receive a BIC® prize pack with a retail value of £10. Please note that the BIC® prize packs are sent out to the administrator of the schools’ collection programme. Hence, it is up to the administrators to divide the price packs accordingly within the winning schools. Additionally, there are three £10 prizes (1,000 TerraCycle points to donate to the winners’ school, charity or non-profit organisation of choice) each month to be won in the sweepstake portion of the contest. By sending in shipments of over 15kg of writing instruments, Community Champions receive entries into the sweepstake. Three randomly selected winners will be chosen after the end of each month in the promotional period. TerraCycle will use http://www.random.org/ to find the winners.
7. No responsibility will be accepted for writing instruments that are lost in the post. Proof of posting is not proof of receipt.
8. Received packages only qualify if they are received during the Promotion Period (detailed in Point 2). The winners will be determined by the total weight of the Writing Instruments they have sent in throughout this contest period.
9. Only one prize will be awarded per collection location per month throughout the Promotion Period.
10. Overall winners will be notified by email on or before the 14th of July 2016. Sweepstake winners of a particular month will be notified by email on or before the 14th of the following month.
11. The winners’ names will be available on TerraCycle’s website and Facebook page.
12. The winners may be required to participate in reasonable publicity at no expense to the promoter. The winners’ names may be mentioned on BIC®’s and TerraCycle’s websites and Facebook pages, and may also be mentioned in any press releases regarding the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest produced by TerraCycle, as well as promotional assets for BIC® such as publicity in social media channels and on their website. No consent form will be 2
required for BIC® or Terracycle to use the name of the winner on BIC®’s and TerraCycle’s website and Facebook page. BIC® may also publish any articles generated by TerraCycle about the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest and the participants of this contest on their Facebook page and website.
13. No cash alternative will be given in whole or in part.
14. By entering the promotion, entrants agree to be bound by, and are deemed to have read, understood and accepted, these terms and conditions.
15. By signing up to the BIC® Community Champions Recycling Contest you are also signing up to the terms of use that govern the Writing Instruments Recycling Programme http://www.terracycle.co.uk/en-UK/pages/terms-of-use
16. The Promoter will give one month’s notice on this website of any intention to cancel or amend this offer.
Promoter: TerraCycle UK, 5 Wadsworth Rd, Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 7JD. Attachment:
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