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Recyclemania
WHAT IS RECYCLEMANIA?
RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over a 10-week period, schools report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate. With each week's reports and rankings, participating schools watch how their results fluctuate against other schools and use this to rally their campus communities to reduce and recycle more.
OVERALL GOALS FOR RECYCLEMANIA
1) Have a fair and friendly recycling competition.
2) Increase recycling participation by students and staff.
3) Heighten awareness of schools' waste management and recycling programs.
4) Expand economic opportunities while addressing environmental issues in a positive way.
5) Lower waste generated on-campus by reducing, reusing and recycling.
6) Have the competition act as a catalyst for colleges and universities to build and expand waste reduction programs on campus.
WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR RECYCLEMANIA?
Colleges and universities are small cities that consume large amounts of resources and generate much solid waste. Whether a school has an extensive waste reduction program or is just getting basic recycling collections off the ground, experience has shown that all schools have potential to further reduce the amount of resources they consume and dispose of. RecycleMania provides a tool for campus recycling coordinators, student green teams and facility service processionals to engage their campus community in recycling and waste reduction in a fun and friendly way. RecycleMania anticipates that environmental messages cannot always motivate action by themselves and seeks to present waste-reduction in terms any college student can appreciate: beating the cross town rival! In the process, participation in the competition familiarizes students with a campus's environmental programs and hopefully instills in them a lifelong habit. Past surveys indicated 80% of participating schools experienced a noticeable increase in recycling collection during the competition.
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WHAT IS RECYCLEMANIA?
RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over a 10-week period, schools report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate. With each week's reports and rankings, participating schools watch how their results fluctuate against other schools and use this to rally their campus communities to reduce and recycle more.
OVERALL GOALS FOR RECYCLEMANIA
1) Have a fair and friendly recycling competition.
2) Increase recycling participation by students and staff.
3) Heighten awareness of schools' waste management and recycling programs.
4) Expand economic opportunities while addressing environmental issues in a positive way.
5) Lower waste generated on-campus by reducing, reusing and recycling.
6) Have the competition act as a catalyst for colleges and universities to build and expand waste reduction programs on campus.
WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR RECYCLEMANIA?
Colleges and universities are small cities that consume large amounts of resources and generate much solid waste. Whether a school has an extensive waste reduction program or is just getting basic recycling collections off the ground, experience has shown that all schools have potential to further reduce the amount of resources they consume and dispose of. RecycleMania provides a tool for campus recycling coordinators, student green teams and facility service processionals to engage their campus community in recycling and waste reduction in a fun and friendly way. RecycleMania anticipates that environmental messages cannot always motivate action by themselves and seeks to present waste-reduction in terms any college student can appreciate: beating the cross town rival! In the process, participation in the competition familiarizes students with a campus's environmental programs and hopefully instills in them a lifelong habit. Past surveys indicated 80% of participating schools experienced a noticeable increase in recycling collection during the competition.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT
