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Miami placed third of 400 schools competing in RecyleMania 2008, an intercollegiate recycling contest that has almost doubled each year since it began in 2001.
Miami recycled 70.69 cumulative pounds per on-campus student in the Stephen K. Gaski Per Capita Classic Contest (partial campus division), just under Rutgers University Newark/New Brunswick's second-place win with 71.29 cumulative pounds per on-campus student. First place went to California State University-San Marcos with 76.15 pounds per student.
Miami also placed fifth in the Gorilla Prize competition, for highest gross tonnage of recyclables regardless of campus population.
RecycleMania 2008 resulted in 58.6 million pounds recycled during the 10-week contest, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) WasteWise office. At Miami, a total of 479,425 pounds was recycled during the contest.
The contest originated in 2001 at Miami and Ohio Universities by recycling coordinators Stacy Edmonds Wheeler (Miami) and Ed Newman (Ohio University) to help increase recycling in the residence and dining halls - the largest producers of waste on campus. Miami has placed in the top four in each subsequent competition.
In Miami's residence hall competition, which ran concurrently with the RecycleMania contest, Wells Hall won first place and Emerson Hall won second place.
Miami ranks among leading universities for recycling, with a program that diverts 50 percent of its waste stream, saving disposal fees as well as landfill space.
For complete contest results, go to www.recyclemania.org.
RecycleMania is supported by the U.S. EPA's WasteWise program and the National Recycling Coalition (NRC), and is coordinated as a project of the College and University Recycling Council (CURC). The Coca-Cola Company is a major sponsor.
The 58.6 million pounds of material recycled during RecycleMania 2008 prevented greenhouse gas emissions of 25,342 metric tons of carbon equivalent (MTCE) from entering the atmosphere. This equates to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that is approximately equivalent to 15,439 passenger cars not driven for one year; 9,568,241 gallons of gasoline; and 196,038 barrels of oil.
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