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(General) Final Recyclemania Results

  • Christine Cooley vonkolnc@musc.edu

Final Recyclemania Results
Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

In its second year competing in Recyclemania, a nationwide collegiate recycling and waste reduction competition, MUSC has placed in the top 5 of three categories.

Here is how we did after 10 weeks of competition:

Grand Champion: Cumulative Recycling Rate 25.38%
#43 out of 88 schools

Per Capita: Cumulative Pounds/Person Recycled 54.59
#5 out of 180 schools

Waste Minimization: Cumulative Pounds/Person Waste 215.06
#92 out of 95 schools

Gorilla: Cumulative Pounds Recycled over 10 weeks 555,567
#19 out of 200 schools

Paper Category: Cumulative Pounds/Person Paper Recycled
#3 out of 163 schools

Cardboard Category: Cumulative Pounds/Person Cardboard Recycled
#3 out of 160 schools

Bottles and Cans category: Cumulative Pounds/Person Bottles and Cans Recycled
#109 out of 161 schools

See the web page for full results: http://www.recyclemania.org/

Recycling tip: Are you recycling all you bottles and cans. If not call 2-4119 to request a new bottles and cans recycling bin. We accept plastic #1 and #2, glass, aluminum and steel cans.

Thanks for reducing, reusing and recycling, in that order.


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