RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over an 8-week period each spring, colleges across the United States and Canada report the amount of recycling and trash collected each week and are in turn ranked in various categories based on who recycles the most on a per capita basis, as well as which schools have the best recycling rate as a percentage of total waste and which schools generate the least amount of combined trash and recycling. With each week’s updated ranking, participating schools follow their performance against other colleges and use the results to rally their campus to reduce and recycle more.
UGA is shaking things up during the national 2013 RecycleMania competition.
Buildings are going to battle…Waste is going to fall…And recycling will be victorious.
Help your favorite building win in the inaugural building competition! How? Recycle.
Each week two buildings will go head to head in determining who recycles the most. At the end of five weeks, one building will be crowned the winner and given prizes along with their much deserved glory and bragging rights.
Check out who’s competing:
- Week 1: Feb 25 – Mar 1 – PSYCHOLOGY v. JOURNALISM
- Week 2: Mar 4 – 8 – CHEMISTRY v. BIO SCEINCE
- Week 3: Mar 18 – 22 – PLANT SCIENCE v. ADERHOLD
- Week 4: Mar 25 – 29 – ART v. MUSIC
Want to know more? Want to volunteer? Need some tips on helping your building win?
Contact the Events Intern, Kimberly Reeves, with questions at kjreeves@uga.edu.
RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over an 8-week period each spring, colleges across the United States and Canada report the amount of recycling and trash collected each week and are in turn ranked in various categories based on who recycles the most on a per capita basis, as well as which schools have the best recycling rate as a percentage of total waste and which schools generate the least amount of combined trash and recycling. With each week’s updated ranking, participating schools follow their performance against other colleges and use the results to rally their campus to reduce and recycle more.
National recognition is provided to the winning school in each category on the RecycleMania website and in a national press release. Winning schools receive an award made out of recyclable materials, and win the right to host that category’s special traveling trophy for the coming year.
Overall Goals for RecycleMania
- Motivate students and staff to increase recycling efforts and reduce waste generation.
- Generate attention and support for campus recycling programs.
- Encourage colleges to measure and benchmark recycling activity in their effort to improve their programs over time.
- Have a fair and friendly competition.