May 2010
The results of RecycleMania are in, and the University of Rochester made a strong showing this year!
Competition | 2010 Ranking |
Per Capita Classic | 30 out of 346 |
Gorilla Prize | 23 out of 346 |
Targeted Material – Paper | 19 out of 223 |
Targeted Material – Corrugated Cardboard | 31 out of 231 |
Targeted Material – Bottles and Cans | 10 out of 223 |
Targeted Materials – Food Service Organics | 93 out of 127 |
Grand Champion | 107 out of 267 |
Though we didn’t win any of the competitions, we had strong showings in almost all the categories, and we made some improvements from last year’s competition. Our weekly recycling rate increased from, on average, 28.39% to 29.91%. Our average weekly pounds of recycling per person increased from 3.04lbs to 3.54lbs. And, overall, we recycled 80,000 more pounds during the competition this year than last year!
We would like to thank all of you for your participation this year—you’re a huge part of the reason we were so successful!
Don’t forget, though, it’s important to keep on recycling and reducing waste. Just think of it as training for next year’s competition so we can go for the win!
To view the full results visit the RecycleMania web page.