What Is RecycleMania?
RecycleMania is a friendly competition
among college and university recycling programs in the United
States
that provides the campus
community with a fun, proactive activity in waste reduction.
Over a 10-week period, campuses
across the country compete in different contests to see
which institution can collect 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.
The
main goal of this event is to increase student awareness of
campus recycling and waste minimization. All participating
schools
are required to report measurements on a weekly basis in
pounds.
RecycleMania provides many ways
to gain recognition, including
RecycleMania trophies, awards, and participant certificates.
To see a list of participating
schools, visit RecycleMania! at:
http://www.recyclemaniacs.org/universities.asp.
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During
RecycleMania 2008 58.6 million pounds of materials were recycled
by college communities across the country!
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