RecycleMania

Tufts University is participating in RecycleMania, a ten-week, nationwide collegiate recycling competition. Now in its eighth year, RecycleMania has over 500 colleges participating. Last year Tufts final standing was 21st place. Not bad considering the competition, but we can certainly do better.

The competition is broken down into several categories:

The campus with the least waste
The campus with the most recycling per capita
The campus with the highest recycling rate

Results

Week 1: Tufts University ranked 40th with a cumulative recycling rate of 36.11%

Tufts University ranked 16th in the Per Capita Classic Competition Division with 4.03lbs cumulative recyclables/person. (In this competition schools are competing to see which can collect the largest amount of acceptable recyclables per person).

To see how Tufts stacked up to other schools, view the results sheets in the right sidebar.

How can you help?

Reduce, reuse, recycle! Unsure of what to recycle? Click here for instructions: www.tufts.edu/tuftsrecycles/images/MedBrch.pdf

Help improve recycling in your work and learning spaces. Check out our new staff and student resources page on our website. The page is in progress but it already contains many useful tips and resources. www.tufts.edu/tuftsrecycles/staffandstudentresources.html

What are we doing?

Getting the word out. Twenty three scoreboards will be placed throughout campus by the end of the week. The boards contain competition information, a tip and question of the week, and our current standings. Scores will also be scrolling on the infoscreens.

Question of the week

We will be posting a question of the week on our website and scoreboards throughout campus for the duration of the competition. Correct answers will be placed in a drawing for a chance to win one of ten prizes. http://tuftsrecycles.org/questionoftheweek.html

Tufts Recycles!

Interns will be organizing various tabling and outreach events throughout the competition.

Outreaching to the Media

The competition's press release will be going out to our local and on campus news outlets. http://recyclemaniacs.org/doc/promoting/RecycleMania2009KickoffRelease.pdf

Thank you for your support during this high profile competition. Please do not hesitate to call with ideas, questions or requests.

Please contact Dawn Quirk for any questions, suggestions, or ideas!
T. 617-627-3810 F. 617-627-6645 E. dawn.quirk@tufts.edu

RecycleMania

Recyclemania Results