Memorandum
January 10, 2004
To:
News and Public Information
From:
Marcy Bauer and Brenda Scott, Miami University Environmental Education Coordinators
Ed Newman, Ohio University Recycling & Refuse Manager
Rob Gogan, Harvard University Waste Manager
Ellen Crivella and Cullen Naumoff, Ohio State University Recycle Mania Co-Chairs
Carolyn Noack, Western Michigan University Recycling & Waste Reduction Manager
Hanna Beth Blum, Washington University Recycling Coordinator
Richard Laudenslager, Villanova University Recycling Coordinator
Barb Kviz, Carnegie Mellon University Environmental Coordinator
C.J. May, Yale University Recycling Coordinator
Stan Van Velsor, Southwest Missouri State University Orientation Coordinator
Debbie Hanson, University of Arizona Recycling Coordinator
Elizabeth Ashworth, Dartmouth College Solid Waste Manager
Kurt Teichert, Brown University Environmental Coordinator
Bill Rudy, Brigham Young University
Erica Spiegel, University of Vermont Solid Waste/Recycling Manager
Angie Fowler, Five Colleges Recycling Program Manager
Andrea Lee, Arizona State University Recycling Coordinator
RE:
FYI --
2004 Recycling Mania Competition
We have prepared a media packet announcing our “Recycle Mania” competition for the News and Public Information departments
at Miami University Ohio, Ohio University, Harvard University, Western Michigan, Ohio State University, Washington University,
Villanova University, Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University, Southwest Missouri State University, University of Arizona,
Dartmouth College, Brown University, Brigham Young University, University of Vermont, Five Colleges Recycling, and Arizona State
University. If you have any questions about the content of the packet, please contact us at the following addresses. Thank you.
Happy Recycling!
Marcy Bauer and Brenda Scott, Miami University Environmental Education Coordinator
Phone # 513-529-9564
E-mail: recycle@muohio.edu
Ed Newman, Ohio University Recycling & Refuse Manager
Phone # 740-593-0231
E-mail: newmane@ohio.edu
Rob Gogan, Harvard University Waste Manager
Phone # 617-495-3042
E-mail: rob_gogan@harvard.edu
Ellen Crivella and Cullen Naumoff, Ohio State University Recycle Mania Co-Chairs
Phone# 614-397-2417 (Ellen)
E-mail: crivella.1@osu.edu; naumoff.15@osu.edu
Carolyn Noack, Western Michigan University Recycling & Waste Reduction Manager
Phone# 269-387-8165
E-mail: carolyn.noack@wmich.edu
Hanna Beth Blum, Washington University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 314-518-2139
E-mail: hbblum@artsci.wustl.edu
Richard Laudenslager, Villanova University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 610-519-4466
E-mail: Richard.laudenslager@villanova.edu
Barb Kviz, Carnegie Mellon University Environmental Coordinator
Phone# 412-268-7858
E-mail: bk11@andrew.cmu.edu
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C.J. May, Yale University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 203-432-6852
E-mail: Cyril.may@yale.edu
Stan Van Velsor, Southwest Missouri State University Orientation Coordinator
Phone# 417-889-8017
E-mail: swv212t@smsu.edu
Debbie Hanson, University of Arizona Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 520-626-7671
E-mail: hanson@life.arizona.edu
Elizabeth Ashworth, Dartmouth College Solid Waste Manager
Phone# 603-646-1178
E-mail: epa@dartmouth.edu
Kurt Teichert, Brown University Environmental Coordinator
Phone# 401-863-7837
E-mail: kurt_teichert@brown.edu
Bill Rudy, Brigham Young University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 801-378-4662
E-mail: wjr9@email.byu.edu
Erica Spiegel, University of Vermont Solid Waste/Recycling Manager
Phone# 802-656-4191
E-mail: Erica.spiegel@uvm.edu
Angie Fowler, Five Colleges Recycling Program Manager
Phone# 413-559-5496
E-mail: afowler@hampshire.edu
Andrea Lee, Arizona State University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 480-965-4414
E-mail: andrea.lee@asu.edu
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Recycle Mania 2004 Media Packet
Introduction
This media packet will aid in the promotion of the Recycle Mania 2004 event sponsored by the seventeen recycling programs at
Miami University Ohio, Ohio University, Harvard University, Ohio State University, Western Michigan University, Washington
University, Villanova University, Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University, Southwest Missouri State University, University of
Arizona, Dartmouth College, Brown University, Brigham Young University, University of Vermont, Five Colleges Recycling, and
Arizona State University. Inquiries about the Recycle Mania 2004 event can be directed to Marcy Bauer or Brenda Scott (Miami
University), Ed Newman (Ohio University), Rob Gogan (Harvard University), Carolyn Noack (Western Michigan University), Ellen
Crivella or Cullen Naumoff (Ohio State University), Hanna Beth Blum (Washington University), Richard Laudenslager (Villanova
University), Barb Kviz (Carnegie Mellon University), C.J. May (Yale University), Stan Van Velsor (SMSU), Debbie Hanson
(University of Arizona), Elizabeth Ashworth (Dartmouth College), Kurt Teichert (Brown University), Bill Rudy (Brigham Young
University), Erica Spiegel (University of Vermont), Angie Fowler (Five Colleges Recycling), and Andrea Lee (Arizona State
University).
This media packet contains the following information:
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What is Recycle Mania 2004? (General Overview)
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Why is there a need for Recycle Mania?
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Overall Goals of Recycle Mania
*Miami University Ohio
*Ohio University
*Harvard University
*Western Michigan University
*Ohio State University
*Washington University
*Villanova University
*Carnegie Mellon University
*Yale University
*Southwest Missouri State University
*University of Arizona
*Dartmouth College
*Brown University
*Brigham Young University
*University of Vermont
*Five Colleges Recycling
*Arizona State University
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Rules of Recycle Mania 2004
*Important Dates
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*How to Play
*Acceptable Recyclables
*Measurements
*Disposition of the Competition
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Announcement of Achievements and Prizes
What is Recycle Mania (General Overview)
Recycle Mania 2004 is a friendly competition between seventeen top recycling programs in the United States (self described).
Schools will compete to see who can collect the largest amount of recyclables from residence halls, on-campus apartments and
dining halls in 10 weeks. Measurements will be reported on a weekly basis in pounds recycled per student (lbs/students) living oncampus. The Recycle Mania event will provide students with a fun, pro-active activity in waste-reduction. The university that
recycles the most in the residence halls, on-campus apartments and dining halls (measured in pounds per student living oncampus) wins. A Recycle Mania trophy will be presented to the winner’s.
The main goal of this event is to increase student awareness in campus recycling at the participant’s
school. In the end, this event will display that all seventeen universities have made achievements in
recycling and waste reduction!
History of Recycle Mania
Recycle Mania began in February 2001 when Ed Newman (Ohio University) and Stacey Edmonds (Miami University) decided that
something was needed to increase the recycling in the residence and dinning halls on their campuses. RECYCLE MANIA WAS
BORN!!! During this 10 week competition Miami U and Ohio U went head to head to see who could recycle the most. The first
year yielded Miami U the winners (41.2 lbs/student) over Ohio U (32.6 lbs/student). Recycle Mania went on strong in the 2002
competition.
This year 11 new schools have joined the competition--Villanova University, Carnegie Mellon University, Yale
University, Southwest Missouri State University, University of Arizona, Dartmouth College, Brown University, Brigham Young
University, University of Vermont, Five Colleges Recycling, and Arizona State University. Bowling Green kept the trophy last year
(52.5 lbs/student), followed by Oregon University (51.38 lbs/student), Miami University (48.9 lbs/student), Harvard University (48.14
lbs/student), and Ohio University (29.4 lbs/student).
Why is there a need for Recycle Mania?
A number of universities across the United States have successfully operated waste management and recycling programs for more
than 10 years. The seventeen participating universities boast some of the highest recycling and waste diversion rates in the
country. Despite their recycling successes, certain on-campus facilities tend to produce most of campus waste. In particular, their
residence halls and dining halls have been the largest producers of campus waste – from 30 to 70% of campus trash. Data from
waste audits conducted at these buildings suggest that up to half of all residence hall trash is recyclable.
Recycle Mania Overall Goals
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To have a fair and friendly recycling competition
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To increase recycling participation by (on-campus) students and staff
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To heighten awareness of schools’ waste management and recycling programs
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To expand economic opportunities while addressing environmental issues in a positive way
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To lower waste generated on-campus by reducing, reusing and recycling
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To organize this event successfully so it can be repeated and possibly expanded to other campuses in the future
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Miami University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1989
Students Living On-campus: 6,620
Number of Residence Halls: 36
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 0
Number of Dining Halls: 5
Number of “To Go” Food Areas: 18
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 25%-30%
Miami University’s Recycling Goals
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To surpass 60% waste diversion rate (campus-wide)
To decrease materials going to the landfill by 15% over last year’s numbers
To increase recycling participation in residence halls and dining halls
Ohio University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1990
Students Living On-campus: 7,168
Number of Residence Halls: 41
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 12
Number of Dining Halls: 7
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 20% - 25%
Ohio University’s Recycling Goal
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To recycle 80% of campus waste with minimum disruption of day to day operations
Harvard University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1990
Students Living On-campus: 10, 407
Number of Residence Halls: 41
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 37
Number of Dining Halls & Food Facilities: 11
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 25%
Harvard University’s Recycling Goal
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Recover 50% of municipal refuse by 2005
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Increase effectiveness of reuse programs through collaboration with charities
Western Michigan University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1991
Students Living On-campus: 5,440
Number of Residence Halls: 22
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 0
Number of Dining Halls & Food Facilities: 7
Number of “To Go” Food Areas: 11
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 24%
Western Michigan University’s Recycling Goals
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Increase recycling in residence halls.
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Increase waste management and recycling awareness
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To reach our goal of 40% recycled by weight
Ohio State University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1993
Students Living On-campus: 2,629
Number of Residence Halls: 15
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 2
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Number of Dining Halls & Food Facilities: 2
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 20%
Ohio State University’s Recycling Goals
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Increase participation in recycling program.
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Promote sustainable lifestyles and spread awareness to campus population.
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Increase percent of recycled materials to 40%.
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Get administrators, staff and students excited about improving OSU’s recycling program.
Washington University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1999
Students Living On-campus: 3,600
Number of Residence Halls: 17
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 1
Number of Dining Halls & Food Facilities: 3
Number of “To Go” Food Areas: 2
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: no info available
Washington University’s Recycling Goals
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To increase our recycling percentage by significantly decreasing contamination. This will be accomplished through
frequent educational campaigns that will address the issue of contamination specifically.
Villanova University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1990
Students Living On-campus: 4,300
Number of Residence Halls: 18
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 8
Number of Dining Halls: 4
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 25%
Villanova University’s Recycling Goal
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Achieve a 30% recycling rate
Create a computer and electronic recycling program
Carnegie Mellon University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1990
Students Living On-campus: 3,200 (includes 410 fraternity/sorority students)
Number of Residence Halls: 14
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 18
Number of Dining Halls: 1
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: no info available
Carnegie Mellon University’s Recycling Goal
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Increase campus participation in recycling
Better manage and make available recycling options
Increase awareness about all recycling options on campus
Yale University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1970 (students), 1990 (administration)
Students Living On-campus: 6,445
Number of Residence Halls: 20
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 3
Number of Dining Halls: 18
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 16%
Yale University’s Recycling Goal
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Improve recycling rate
Decrease trash tonnage by 2% per year
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Southwest Missouri State University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1990
Students Living On-campus: 3,825
Number of Residence Halls: 8
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 4
Number of Dining Halls: 3
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 5%
Southwest Missouri State University’s Recycling Goal
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Achieve a 40% waste diversion rate for residence halls
Increase awareness of waste management and recycling campus-wide
University of Arizona’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1994
Students Living On-campus: 5,121
Number of Residence Halls: 20
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 0
Number of Dining Halls: 0
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: no info available
University of Arizona’s Recycling Goal
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Create one of the best residence hall recycling programs in the nation that is supported and maintained by Residence Life
Increase awareness of waste management and recycling campus-wide
Dartmouth College’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1989
Students Living On-campus: 2,725
Number of Residence Halls: 40
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 0
Number of Dining Halls: 4
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 28% (for whole campus)
Dartmouth College’s Recycling Goal
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Improve recycling percentage.
Improve compost program.
Increase awareness and education about waste reduction and energy conservation.
Brown University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1984
Students Living On-campus: 4,643
Number of Residence Halls: 56
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 10
Number of Dining Halls: 2
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 19% curbside, 38% overall
Brown University’s Recycling Goal
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Bring percentage of recycled materials closer to the potential 40% mark.
Heighten awareness on campus of recycling in general.
Encourage the university community to commit to recycling.
Highlight the ease with which recycling can happen and increase on campus.
Brigham Young University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1990
Students Living On-campus: 7,500
Number of Residence Halls: 39
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 103
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Number of Dining Halls: 2
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: estimated 15% for residence halls; 60% campus-wide
Brigham Young University’s Recycling Goal
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Increase recycling participation in dorms.
Increase recycling participation and decrease waste contamination in married student housing.
Establish housing baseline data for future measurements.
Increase cooperation and training with housing staff.
University of Vermont’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1988
Students Living On-campus: 3,450
Number of Residence Halls: 26
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 0
Number of Dining Halls: 3
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 35% campus wide (unknown for Residence Halls)
University of Vermont’s Recycling Goal
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Increase awareness of and participation in recycling program by residence hall students
Increase recycling percentages within the campus community
Establish baseline data for future measures and Recycle Mania competitions
Five Colleges Recycling’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1993
Students Living On-campus: available in January
Number of Residence Halls: available in January
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: available in January
Number of Dining Halls: available in January
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: no information available
Five Colleges Recycling’s Recycling Goal
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Meet 30% recycling rate for paper, cardboard, bottles and cans
Exceed 50% recycling rate for combined recycling, composting, and materials diverted for reuse
Arizona State University’s Profile
Year Recycling Program Started: 1991 (admin areas); 1992 (residence halls)
Students Living On-campus: 4,000
Number of Residence Halls: 12
Number of On-campus Apartment Buildings: 1
Number of Dining Halls: 1
Current Recycling Percentage for On-campus Housing: 9%
Arizona State University’s Recycling Goal
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Increase awareness of the recycling program
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Promote participation in recycling program from the residence halls
Rules of Recycle Mania 2004
All seventeen universities have agreed upon these rules and will abide by them throughout the competition. These event rules were
designed to promote a fair and honest competition. It provides a clear understanding about the starting and stopping dates of this
event. It defines the participants, location of collections, recyclables and measurements accepted. It defines reporting standards
for all seven schools. Most importantly, it defines the disposition of the competition.
Important Dates
Contest Starting Date: February 2, 2004
(NOTE: Miami will begin January 26th with the on-campus competition)
Contest Stopping Date: April 9, 2004
Final Results April 16, 2004
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Spring Break Dates
Miami U
3/14-3/21
Ohio U
3/22-3/29
Harvard
3/28-4/4
WMU
2/27-3/7
OSU
3/19-3/28
Washington U
3/8-3/14
Villanova U
3/1-3/7
Carnegie Mellon U
3/8-3/12
Yale U
3/6-3/21
SMSU
3/22-3/26
U of Arizona
3/13-3/21
Dartmouth College
3/18-3/28
Brown University
3/27-4/4
BYU
none
University of Vermont
3/15-3/21
Five Colleges Recycling
3/13-3/21
Arizona State University
3/13-3/21
How to play
Every student from the seventeen participating universities is invited to take part in the recycling contest. Schools will compete to
see who can collect the largest amount of recyclables from residence halls, on-campus apartments and dining halls in 10 weeks.
The week with the lowest lbs/student will be dropped, leaving nine total weeks for measurement purposes. Residence halls and oncampus apartments at both schools are outfitted with recycling containers. These containers need to be put into use to capture
recyclables. All recyclables should be brought to the residence halls’ recycling bins instead of the trash.
Acceptable Recyclables
Paper – Includes office paper (all colors), newspaper, magazines, phone books, hard and softbound books, chipboard, catalogues
and junk mail.
Cans & Bottles—Includes cans, bottles and jars made of glass, metal or plastic #1 & #2’s. Mostly soda, water, juice, beer and
laundry detergent bottles and cans. From the kitchens it’s mostly plastic bottles and jars and #10 steel cans.
Cardboard—Includes baled and unbaled cardboard boxes from the kitchens and residence halls.
Measurements
All seventeen universities are responsible and accountable for accurately measuring and reporting their own recyclables collected
from residence halls, on-campus apartments and dining halls. Recyclables will be weighed using the best methods available to
each school as long as they are agreed on by all school representatives. Measurements will be reported as pounds recycled per
student (lbs/student) living on-campus.
Measurements are due by the WEDNESDAY OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK!
The
following are the methods each university will employ to obtain accurate measurements.
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Miami University’s housing service workers will collect all recyclables placed in the inside residence hall recycling bins
by students. They will transport all recyclables to the hall’s lockable recycling dumpsters found outside their building.
Twice a week the university’s recycling workers will pick-up the recyclables found in lockable recycling dumpsters and
record number of bags and the volume. Recyclables are transported to the recycling center where they are weighed on
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the university’s electric scale. Weights are recorded for each hall by Rick Cole, MU’s Recycling Coordinator. Weights are
calculated to show recyclables collected in pounds per student living on-campus.
According to Miami University’s
department of housing there are 6,620 students living on-campus as of January 1, 2004. This number will be used to
calculate pounds recycled per student.
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Ohio University’s students in residence halls and apartments are expected to take their recyclables out to the recycling
storage and collection sites by the trash dumpsters located at their buildings. Service staff will take recyclables from
public areas of the residence halls to the outside recycling areas.
Dining hall service staff will recycle from their
operations. Recyclables are picked up by Athens-Hocking Recycling Center, OU’s recycling and trash collection vender.
Athens-Hocking recycling workers will weigh their trucks at OU’s truck scales located at the heating plant prior to
collecting recyclables at residence halls, dining halls and on-campus apartments. After finishing their collection route
they will weigh their trucks again and calculate the tare weight. The weights will be given to Ed Newman, OU’s Recycling
Manager. According to OU’s department of housing there are approximately 7,168 students living on-campus as of
January 1, 2004. This number will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student.
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Harvard University’s students will separate their recyclables and set them in designated trash/recycling rooms in their
residence halls. Custodians and student dorm crew workers will take the recyclables to the curb on the designated pick
up day. Food Service staff from in-board dining facilities affiliated with student residence halls will separate recyclables
and set them into barrels or bales on loading docks for pickups. Drivers will take bag counts to allocate the volumes
generated by each building. Recyclables from some buildings are collected directly by Save That Stuff, Harvard’s fiber
recycling collection contractor. The recyclables are then dumped at the KTI Materials Recovery Facility in Charlestown,
MA, which gives the driver a weight slip. The weights will be given to Rob Gogan, Harvard’s Waste Manager, who will
calculate pounds recycled per student living on-campus. According to Harvard’s Undergraduate, Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences, and Law School Student Housing Offices, there are 10,407 students living in their residence halls as of
January 1, 2004.
This number will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student.
Volumes and qualitative
measurements are converted using the following ratios:
1 Bag of Paper = 10 lbs
1 Bag of cans/bottles = 5 lbs
1 96-gal barrel of paper/cardboard = 100 lbs
1 bundle of corrugated cardboard = 5 lbs
1 bale of corrugated cardboard = 500 lbs
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Western Michigan University’s students in the residence halls and dining halls are expected to take their recyclables to
centralized recycling collection areas. The recycling contractor used by WMU will collect and weigh all materials from
residence halls, dining halls, and Bernhard Center.
Actual weights will be used.
Contaminated containers will be
eliminated before weighing. According to WMU’s department of housing there is approximately 5,440 students living oncampus as of January 1, 2004. This number will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student.
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Ohio State University students take their recyclable material to containers on their floors, in the lobbies or in their trash
rooms.
The OSU’s Physical Facilities will remove these items and weigh categories (cans, paper and plastics,
cardboard) per building. The total weight will be divided by the number of students in the building. According to OSU’s
department of housing there are approximately 2,629 students living on North Campus as of January 6, 2004. This
number will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student.
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Washington University will use visual assessment to measure the recyclables. Full bins will be weighed before the start
of the competition. Each week a housekeeper will count the full bins before they are picked up and this number will be
multiplied by the previously established base weight per full bin to calculate the total number of pounds recycled for the
week. There are approximately 3,600 students living on-campus as of January 1, 2004. This number will be used to
calculate pounds recycled per student.
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Villanova University will have their truck drivers assess and record the volume of each bins by how full they are (1/4, ½,
¾, full). Weights at each of these levels were previously determined and will be used to assign measurements for each
run. The following base weights will be used to conversion from volume to pounds:
cans/glass = 1.5 lbs per gallon
plastics = 0.625 lbs per gallon
mixed paper = 2 lbs per gallon
cardboard = 5 lbs per cubic feet
There are approximately 4,300 students living on-campus as of January 1, 2004. This number will be used to calculate
pounds recycled per student.
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Carnegie Mellon University will use both weight and volume measurements for different areas of campus. Custodians
will collect recyclable material from bins in the residence halls and take it to a central location outside each hall. Bags of
co-mingled glass and cans are counted by the truck driver and brought to an enclosed roll-off. When the roll-off is full, it
is taken to the local MRF and weighed. Since some of this material will be from academic buildings, the weight of the
material from the residence halls must be estimated based on overall tonnage and the bag counts. Paper and cardboard
from residence halls is collected in 96-gallon drums and 2-yard bins that are emptied once or twice per week. Weight of
each pull will be estimated using a combination of visual assessment and the CURC volume to weight conversion guide.
Material from dining facilities is taken to a dumpster and a trash compactor, and consists mainly of cardboard. Some of
this material is from academic buildings, so the weekly log report will be checked and used to make weight estimations.
According to CMU’s department of housing there are approximately 3,200 students living on-campus as of January 1,
2004. This number will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student.
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Yale University truck operators will tally number of carts put out and note fullness of each one (1/4, ½, ¾, full). Carts will
be weighed before the competition begins to establish a base weight for conversion. Weight from rear-loading containers
for cardboard will be estimated from cubic yardage numbers and fullness ratings. According to Yale’s department of
housing there are approximately 6,445 students living on-campus as of January 1, 2004. This number will be used to
calculate pounds recycled per student.
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SMSU students are asked to take recyclable materials to the recycling stations located on each floor of all residence
halls. In the residence halls, recyclables will be collected by student recycling coordinators and then transported to
lockable recycling dumpsters.
Dining services staff will deposit recyclables in recycling stations located outside the
dining facilities on loading docks. The recyclables will then be transported by student recycling coordinators to the
lockable recycling dumpsters. The recyclables are stored in 8 cubic yard (cardboard), 10 cubic yard (cans & bottles) and
30 cubic yard (mixed paper) recycling dumpsters. The recyclables are picked up on an as needed basis (when dumpster
is full) by Waste Management Corp., SMSU’s recycling and waste collection vendor. Residence hall staff will record
dumpster pick-ups and the volume of recycled material will be converted to weight according to the CURC Volume to
Weight Conversion Guide:
-Mixed Paper
-Corrugated Cardboard
-Commingled glass, metal & plastic
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According to SMSU’s Department of Residence, there are approximately 3,825 students living on-campus as of
January 1, 2004. This number will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student.
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University of Arizona will use actual weight measurements. Materials will be bagged and tagged at all residence halls.
The bags will then be taken to Campus Recycling where they will be weighed and totals recorded per hall. Weekly
weight reports will be provided to the residence halls for their competition and combined weekly totals will be reported to
Recycle mania based on pounds per student/resident. According to Housing Assignments there are 5,121 students
living on-campus as of January 11th, 2004.
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Dartmouth College volunteer students will move recyclables from Waste Warriors on each floor in residence halls to the
basement consolidation area. Custodians will move recyclables outside on designated days for pick up by the college’s
truck crew. Recyclables from dining areas will be moved to basement consolidation areas and then outside by the
building custodians. All recyclable material will be collected and consolidated in 90-gallon toters, which will then be rolled
onto trucks and weighed. Previously these trucks have been weighed with full toters (separately with glass, paper, plastic
and cardboard) to establish baseline measurements. When the toters are full the predetermined baseline weights will be
applied and given to Elizabeth Ashworth, the Solid Waste Manager, who will then calculate the weight of recyclables per
student living in the 40 residence halls on a weekly basis for the period of the competition. Recyclables from the two
main dining halls will be collected and weighed in the same fashion. These numbers will be used to calculate pounds
recycled per student. Dartmouth College has 2,725 students living on campus as of January 1st, 2004.
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Brown University will use a combination of actual weights and volumes. For cardboard we will get specific weights for
individual carts from the participating collection locations. For the other recyclables we will get counts of toters emptied at
each site by our recycling contractor and use these volumes to translate to weights. For trash we will get volume records
from our waste hauler for dumpsters in the participating locations and calculate weights from volume estimates. These
numbers will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student. Brown University has 4,643 students living on campus
as of January 1st, 2004.
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Brigham Young University will pick up dorm office paper, newspaper and aluminum cans daily in 50-gallon bins. The
number of bins and the fill rate will be recorded on a route sheet and then converted to weight on a weekly basis.
Sample weights will be taken before the competition starts to determine conversion factors. Cardboard is collected twice
a week from 8-yard compactors in the dining areas. Unfortunately our collection truck does not have a scale and these
compactors are collected on a route along with other compactors and dumpsters that are outside of the housing area.
Since our route driver believes that these two compactors have consistent loads from week to week we will have our
truck take six samples (three for each of the two collection days) where he collects only the residence area cardboard.
That cardboard will then be delivered to our MFR and we will bale it separately and weigh the bales. We will then use
these samples to estimate how much cardboard is coming from those compactors each week. In married student
housing office paper and newspaper is placed in large dumpster or roll-off containers which are collected infrequently, in
some cases only once a semester. Since we run our own MRF we will first empty these containers the Friday before the
competition starts and then as they fill we will collect and bale this paper separately, and then weigh the bales. These
numbers will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student. To calculate the number of “students” living in married
student housing we will take the number of units and multiply it by two. BYU has TBA students living on campus as of
January 1st, 2004.
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University of Vermont students will bring recycling (paper and bottles) from their rooms to central bins on each floor.
Housekeeping staff then transports it to 65-gallon and 95-gallon carts in the basement. Recycling staff will note how
many carts they pick up and the fill rate of each cart at residence hall locations (drivers will note ¼, ½, ¾ or full for each
cart) before dumping the carts into a side-load recycle truck for delivery to a MRF off campus. This information will be
recorded on a daily route sheet and converted from volume (gallons) to weight (pounds) (by estimation based on
previously weighed full carts) on a weekly basis. Some returnable deposit bottles will be taken by housekeeping to a
local beverage distributor. Weekly bag counts of this material will be taken and converted into pounds. Corrugated
cardboard picked up from Residence Hall locations will be weighed by private contractors in a scale-equipped truck.
These numbers will be added together and used to calculate pounds recycled per student. University of Vermont has
3,450 students living on campus as of January 1st, 2004.
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Five Colleges Recycling will take a count of the number of bags and portion of wheeled 60-gallon carts removed from
residence halls each week. The CURC 1997 standard for volume-weight conversion will be used to determine the
number of pounds recycled per student. Five Colleges Recycling has #### students living on campus as of January 1st,
2004.
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Arizona State University will measure recyclable material using actual weights. Arizona State University has 4,000
students living on campus as of January 1, 2004.
Disposition of the competition
Recycle Mania competition was created exclusively to advance waste reduction and recycling programs at the seventeen
participating universities. This competition is only a vehicle used to expand current programs at the seventeen universities. It will
be conducted in a friendly, cooperative manner. Schools will not tolerate discourteous, offensive and perverse behaviors. The goal
of this event is to increase student awareness and involvement in campus recycling through the collaboration and partnership with
Miami University, Ohio University, Harvard University, Western Michigan University, Ohio State University, Washington University,
Villanova University, Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University, Southwest Missouri State University, University of Arizona,
Dartmouth College, Brown University, Brigham Young University, University of Vermont, Five Colleges Recycling, and Arizona State
University. In the end, this event will show that all seventeen programs have won and have made achievements in recycling!
Additional Rules
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This event excludes the following activities. This event will not measure special recycling pick-ups, building clean-outs,
reusable material, recycling of scrap metal, scrap wood, pallets, computers, appliances, electronics and other
miscellaneous recyclable items not listed under acceptable recyclable items under the rules section.
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This event is only for on-campus participants.
It excludes off-campus persons, groups, and organizations from
bringing recyclable materials to on-campus collection sites!
Announcement of Achievements and Prizes
During the competition there will be two key goals:
1)
The achievement of local goals set by own recycling coordinators – universities will place first and foremost importance on
whether their school met their own local goals that were set at the beginning of the competition.
2)
A secondary focus – The competition between the seventeen universities.
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Announcements will be made available during the competition to local newspapers charting weekly measurements and weights at
each school. Measurements will be reported as pounds recycled per student (lbs/student) living on-campus. Measurements are
due by WEDNESDAY OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK!
Prizes
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Winner will receive the Recycle Mania Trophy. The trophy will be presented to the winner’s school!
The winner also gets a half page advertisement in all the other schools’ newspapers (compliments of the other universities)
on their achievements!
The runner up with receive the Recycle Mania 2nd place trophy.
Schools will announce recycling accomplishments to the media – so everyone really wins in the end!
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Contacts
Inquiries about the 2004 Recycle Mania event can be directed to the following contacts:
Marcy Bauer and Brenda Scott, Miami University Environmental Education Coordinator
Phone # 513-529-9564
E-mail: recycle@muohio.edu
Ed Newman, Ohio University Recycling & Refuse Manager
Phone # 740-593-0231
E-mail: newmane@ohio.edu
Rob Gogan, Harvard University Waste Manager
Phone # 617-495-3042
E-mail: rob_gogan@harvard.edu
Ellen Crivella and Cullen Naumoff, Ohio State University Recycle Mania Co-Chairs
Phone# 614-397-2417 (Ellen); 614-688-2548 (Cullen)
E-mail: crivella.1@osu.edu; naomoff.15@osu.edu
Carolyn Noack, Western Michigan University Recycling & Waste Reduction Manager
Phone# 269-387-8165
E-mail: carolyn.noack@wmich.edu
Hanna Beth Blum, Washington University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 314-518-2139
E-mail: hbblum@artsci.wustl.edu
Richard Laudenslager, Villanova University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 610-519-4466
E-mail: Richard.laudenslager@villanova.edu
Barb Kviz, Carnegie Mellon University Environmental Coordinator
Phone# 412-268-7858
E-mail: bk11@andrew.cmu.edu
C.J. May, Yale University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 203-432-6852
E-mail: Cyril.may@yale.edu
Stan Van Velsor, Southwest Missouri State University Orientation Coordinator
Phone# 417-889-8017
E-mail: swv212t@smsu.edu
Debbie Hanson, University of Arizona Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 520-626-7671
E-mail: hanson@life.arizona.edu
Elizabeth Ashworth, Dartmouth College Solid Waste Manager
Phone# 603-646-1178
E-mail: epa@dartmouth.edu
Kurt Teichert, Brown University Environmental Coordinator
Phone# 401-863-7837
E-mail: kurt_teichert@brown.edu
Bill Rudy, Brigham Young University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 801-378-4662
E-mail: wjr9@email.byu.edu
Erica Spiegel, University of Vermont Solid Waste/Recycling Manager
Phone# 802-656-4191
E-mail: Erica.spiegel@uvm.edu
Angie Fowler, Five Colleges Recycling Program Manager
Phone# 413-559-5496
E-mail: afowler@hampshire.edu
Andrea Lee, Arizona State University Recycling Coordinator
Phone# 480-965-4414
E-mail: andrea.lee@asu.edu
Recycle Mania Trophy created by Robin
Kelly of Carpenter, Ohio.
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