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RecycleMania 2010

About

RecycleMania is a ten week cooperative recycling competition geared towards universities and colleges nationwide to see who can collect the largest amount of recyclables per capita. Recyclables are weighed out and reported each week by each institution and the winners receive a RecycleMania trophy, awards, and/or participation certificates. More importantly, RecycleMania is a great way to get everyone involved in recycling and spread awareness of good waste management practices.

Go to the RecycleMania website and click on results to see how Texas State is ranking nationwide. You can even filter results by state!

2010 Texas State RecycleMania Results (Jan.17th-Mar.27th)

in lbs.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
Plastic 486 408 553 437 481 595 397 224
Glass 610 470 160 328 434 443 0 0
Tin 70 70 70 44 22 156 0 0
Aluminum 122 223 126 110 234 135 88 39
Bottles & Cans Total 1288 1171 909 919 1171 1329 485 263
OCC* 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500
Paper* 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000
Food Service Organics** 500 500 500 500 797 1135 275 0
Total 15288 15171 14909 14919 16639 17293 14745 13763
Grand Total 122727

*OCC and paper weights are estimated by taking averages from weight tickets. At the end of the ten weeks all weight tickets are reviewed and recalculated to reflect the true average.

**Food Service Organic weights are provided by Jason Sanders and John Montoya from their individual studies at the LBJ Student Center and Commons Dining.

How does your residence hall rank?

*This report is based on plastic and aluminum collected at residence halls. There are two spreadsheets. One is for basic results and the following is a more detailed report.

RecycleMania 2009

Last year's RecycleMania ran January 18th through March 28th. Weights were submitted for paper, cardboard, plastic and aluminum.Out of 293 competing universities, Texas State came in at 261st place in the per capita category and 117th in the gorilla prize category.

 

Per Capita Classic - Competition Division
In this competition schools are competing to see which can collect the largest amount of acceptable recyclables per person.
Gorilla Prize - Competition Division
In this competition schools are competing to see which can collect the highest gross tonnage of recyclables, regardless of campus population.