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RecycleMania 2012 results announced

04/26/2012

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Clawson Hall residents: winners of RecycleMania residence hall competition

Miami University placed 89th of 339 schools competing in the RecycleMania 2012 Tournament’s Per Capita Classic, with 16.45 cumulative pounds recycled per person on campus during the eight-week competition. This was an increase from 96th place (of 363 schools) and 16.1 pounds recycled per person in 2011.

RecycleMania is an annual intercollegiate recycling contest that has grown each year since it began in 2001 at Miami and Ohio Universities.

First place winner in the Stephen K. Gaski Per Capita Classic competition — one of the three primary contest categories (named in memory of Stephen Gaski, director of building and special services at Miami who died in 2005) —was Union College, with 61.79 cumulative pounds per person.

This year 605 schools participated in Recyclemania (including the Competition and Benchmark divisions): 92 million pounds of recyclables and organic materials were recovered, which prevented the release of nearly 150,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E), according to the RecycleMania organization.

This reduction in greenhouse gases is equivalent to the annual emissions from more than 25,840 passenger cars or; electricity use of more than nearly 16,406 homes; or the burning of nearly 705 railcars’ worth of coal.
Schools recycled more during the weeks of the contest: the average recycling rate for participating schools increased from 27.61 percent to 28.49 percent over the course of the eight-week tournament.

Residence Hall Winner

In Miami’s residence hall competition, which ran concurrently with the RecycleMania contest, Clawson Hall placed first with 12.79 cumulative pounds per student recycled. Residents of Clawson Hall received a prize of a free pass for a session at the climbing wall at the Recreational Sports Center. (See Sidebar for more results).

Among Ohio Universities:

Ohio University, 70th; Youngstown State, 96th; Wright State University, 186th; University of Cincinnati, 205th; and Ohio State University, 246th.

The RecycleMania Tournament is an independent program of RecycleMania, Inc., a nonprofit organization led by recycling managers from participating schools. Program management is provided by Keep America Beautiful with additional program support from the US EPA’s WasteWise program and the College and University Recycling Coalition (CURC).

 For more information about RecycleMania, including final results and past winners, go to recyclemania.org.   

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RecycleMania could not happen without them: Building Service Staff, Residence Halls (day shift)

RecycleMania could not happen without them: Building Service Staff, Academic and State Buildings (day shift)

RecycleMania at Miami

"RecycleMania at Miami is made possible by the building service workers who collect and tag individual bags of recyclables — paper, cardboard, bottles and cans," said Dave Smith, environmental education and recycling coordinator, "and by the staff at the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) who weigh the individual bags for record keeping".

One common theme echoed from among all those involved: many more pounds could have been recycled, but recyclables placed in the marked bins are often contaminated with liquids.

During the eight-week 2012 RecycleMania Competition on campus:

Top Five Residence Halls (cumulative pounds per resident):
Clawson, 12.79 lbs/student
Wells, 9.46 lbs/student
Bishop , 8.86 lbs/student
Hamilton, 6.86 lbs/student
MacCracken, 6.25 lbs/student

Top Five Academic and State Buildings (cumulative total pounds)
Shriver Center, 45,906 lbs
King Library, 13,341 lbs
Hughes Hall, 7,777 lbs
Roudebush Hall, 2,150 lbs
Upham Hall, 2,268 lbs

Ben Ross, supervisor, Materials Recovery Facility, with a bag of liquid-contaminated recyclables