RecycleMania hypes waste reduction
North Quad, Northwoods pull ahead of competition based on volume
Audrey Nelson
Issue date: 2/19/10 Section: News
The campus is in the full swing of RecycleMania, a nationwide competition that promotes waste reduction across campuses.
The college has two inter-campus competitions, which began Feb. 1 and end on Mar. 27, between Northwoods and Scribner and North Quad and South Quad.
As of Feb. 24, North Quad and Northwoods are in the lead within their respective competitions.
Throughout the country, 607 colleges and universities are registered for this year's contest, which began Jan. 17 and will end on Mar. 27. Some participating schools include Vassar College, Connecticut College, and Bowdoin College, Brown University and Harvard University.
"RecycleMania is a friendly competition between hundreds of Colleges and Universities. I thought it would be fun to get involved and a good way to remind the community about the recycling guidelines. By creating our own competition on campus, my hope is that it will bring greater awareness to the larger RecycleMania initiative," Erica Fuller, Campus Sustainability Coordinator, said.
The victors will have a communal party with food and be awarded a RecycleMania trophy.
The champions are determined by the amount of recycled material per capita of students living in the respective areas. The four recycling containers for each quad or apartment complex are located in the North Woods parking lot.
The main objectives of RecycleMania are to increase waste management awareness in colleges and universities and to promote further waste reduction programs.
"As students, we generate so much waste and it's important to be aware of what we can recycle to reduce our collective amount of waste on campus," Martha Waterman '13, Environmental Action Club (EAC) member, said during the Feb. 22 EAC meeting
An item's SPI resin identification code, which is labeled by 1 and 2, determines which plastics can be recycled.
There are numbers inside of a recycling symbol, which is typically located on the bottom of plastic materials, such as water bottles, detergent containers and peanut butter jars. If the number is not a 1 or 2 the item cannot be recycled. Non-recyclable items include pie pans, light bulbs, drinking glasses and plastic wrap.
The college has two inter-campus competitions, which began Feb. 1 and end on Mar. 27, between Northwoods and Scribner and North Quad and South Quad.
As of Feb. 24, North Quad and Northwoods are in the lead within their respective competitions.
Throughout the country, 607 colleges and universities are registered for this year's contest, which began Jan. 17 and will end on Mar. 27. Some participating schools include Vassar College, Connecticut College, and Bowdoin College, Brown University and Harvard University.
"RecycleMania is a friendly competition between hundreds of Colleges and Universities. I thought it would be fun to get involved and a good way to remind the community about the recycling guidelines. By creating our own competition on campus, my hope is that it will bring greater awareness to the larger RecycleMania initiative," Erica Fuller, Campus Sustainability Coordinator, said.
The victors will have a communal party with food and be awarded a RecycleMania trophy.
The champions are determined by the amount of recycled material per capita of students living in the respective areas. The four recycling containers for each quad or apartment complex are located in the North Woods parking lot.
The main objectives of RecycleMania are to increase waste management awareness in colleges and universities and to promote further waste reduction programs.
"As students, we generate so much waste and it's important to be aware of what we can recycle to reduce our collective amount of waste on campus," Martha Waterman '13, Environmental Action Club (EAC) member, said during the Feb. 22 EAC meeting
An item's SPI resin identification code, which is labeled by 1 and 2, determines which plastics can be recycled.
There are numbers inside of a recycling symbol, which is typically located on the bottom of plastic materials, such as water bottles, detergent containers and peanut butter jars. If the number is not a 1 or 2 the item cannot be recycled. Non-recyclable items include pie pans, light bulbs, drinking glasses and plastic wrap.
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