What is RecycleMania?
• RecycleMania is an annual national collegiate recycling competition sponsored by the National Recycling Coalition. This year’s event runs from January 18 through March 28, 2009. The goal is to encourage efforts to reduce the amount of waste created and draw attention to a variety of strategies to minimize waste. Over 400 colleges and universities will compete nationwide for trophies for largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, and the highest recycling rate. See www.recyclemaniacs.org. • What is RecycleMania Climate Impacts? 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 • 196,038 barrels of oil • 11
RecycleMania is an annual national collegiate recycling competition sponsored by the National Recycling Coalition. This year’s event runs from January 18 through March 28, 2009. The goal is to encourage efforts to reduce the amount of waste created and draw attention to a variety of strategies to minimize waste. Over 400 colleges and universities will compete nationwide for trophies for largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, and the highest recycling rate. See www.recyclemaniacs.org.
