The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sponsoring a video contest looking for filmmakers and students to produce short, creative videos highlighting the “Three Rs” - reduce, reuse, recycle - with awards including cash prizes of up to $2,500. The EPA will be accepting video submissions through February 16, 2010.

“What we buy, use, and throw away contributes over 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States,” said Jeff Scott, director of the EPA’s Waste Management Division for the Pacific Southwest Region, in a press release announcing the contest. “We want to get the message out about how important it is for each of us to take personal action to help the environment.”

Details about the contest are available at http://tinyurl.com/epacontest.