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Overview
RecycleMania is a:
► National
collegiate recycling competition
► Web-based ranking & benchmarking system
► Recycling promotional framework for colleges
► Tool for colleges to improve recycling
program
► Project of College and University Recycling
Council (CURC)
Competition
– Ten weeks: mid-January through late-March
 Colleges track and report weights to online form
 Rankings updated & published weekly
– Eight competition categories
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Overall diversion rate
Total per capita recycling
Total overall recycling
Lowest overall waste generation
Targeted materials on per capita basis
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Paper
Cardboard
Beverage containers
Food waste
Goals of RecycleMania
Fair and friendly competition
Increase awareness of waste reduction programs
Reduce overall waste generation on-campus
Be a catalyst for schools to establish & expand
recycling programs
• Encourage professional measurement standards
& benchmarking
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Participation Growth
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2009:
2 schools
4 schools
8 schools
17 schools
43 schools
93 schools
201 schools
400 schools
510 schools
2011 National Results
• 630 colleges and universities
• Participating colleges in 49
states and Canada
• 91 million pounds of
recyclables and organics
• Prevented the release of 127,553 metric tons of
carbon equivalent (MTCE).
2011 Virginia Tech Results
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Bottles and Cans: 42,740
Paper: 121,000
Cardboard: 123,920
Food waste: 159660
Trash: 1,117,210
RecycleMania 2012
Goal: Help Virginia Tech increase recycling
10%!!
Support RecycleMania!
• Plan a spring cleaning paper purge!
• Coordinate a Green Office Day
• Make an announcement about the event at
your staff meeting
For supporting information visit the VT Recycles
website at
http://www.facilities.vt.edu/sustainability/recycl
e/