RecycleMania

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RecycleMania

• Intercollegiate Recycling Competition

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Recycle Mania 2004Week 10 Results in lbs/student

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Recycle Mania 2004Final Scores in lbs/student
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Scope of Competition
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On-Campus Students Involved
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Total Recyclables Collected in 10 Weeks
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Overall Accomplishments

• Successful competition
• Still growing
• Helps schools do a better job recycling
• Creates a database to compare and evaluate our
  and other schools recycling performance

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Accomplishments Continued

• Creates momentum for schools to do a better job
  recycling
• More fun to do as a competition than under the
  burden of saving the planet
• Improving recycling, however, does help us make
  another important step to saving the planet by
  reducingsee benefits page

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Why Compete?

• A high percentage of waste generated on campus is
  from the residence hall and dining hall system.
• Recycling and reducing waste helps keep costs of
  disposal in check while addressing a wide array
  of environmental and economical problems.
• A tool for getting increased understanding and
  participation in recycling with a hard to reach
  part of our constituency.
• Students are exposed to competition and rivalry.
  This is a natural extension of that.
• Another way to benchmark with other schools.

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Measurement

• Weekly weights totaled from residence halls,
  on-campus apartments, dining halls and other
  campus food venues.
• Total Weekly Recycling - Weight Divided by -Total
  On-Campus Students Per Capita Weight
• The best 10 week total wins the competition.
• This past year the most improved school during
  the second five weeks from the first five also
  wins recognition. May change that this year.

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Process Calendar

• Decision is made for competing
• Need to have recycling in residence halls and
  dining halls.
• Need to be able to measure your recycling weight
  based or volume based.
• Weight based On-campus scales or vendor
• Volume based Formula or methodology should be
  consistent.

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Process

• Decision-making process November deadline
• Getting interested schools tuned in and informed
  on past successes and failures.
• Networking and info. sharing
• http//www.facilities.ohiou.edu/recycle

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Process

• University profiles due- fill in profile template
  available at www.facilities.ohiou.edu/recycle
  click on RecycleMania, then RecycleMania Info
  Sheet
• Protocols established
• Conference calls and emails
• Publicity and PR build up

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Process Once the Competition Begins

• Weekly reporting and deadlines
• Promotional routines and events
• Final week reporting and results
• Ad in local papers
• NCRS annual turndown of recognition
• Get ready for next year

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Materials Targeted

• Newspaper
• Magazines/catalogues
• Books
• Office/school paper
• Cardboard/paperboard
• Plastic bottles
• Glass bottles
• Beverage and food cans

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Results

• Trophy
• Ad in paper
• Bragging rights for the winner, the most
  improved, and school rivals.
• Increased awareness
• Helps with momentum for move-out
• Rallying point for next year
• Benchmark for progress

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Managing Growth

• Subcommittee established to handle new
  challenges.
• Members are from CURC steering committee and
  participating schools.

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Managing Growth Ideas

• Divisions
• CURC as NCAA OR NCCRA
• Shorten regular season
• Playoffs versus division champions only
• Matching up schools similar to the NCAA

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Growth Interested Schools for 2005

• Most or all of last years competitors
• Many of the participating schools are bringing in
  more schools
• Schools contracting with Aramark who qualify
  (Aramark works with 150-200 schools)
• Pennsylvanias competition
• Others following model

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Recycle Mania Tool Kit

• WWW.FACILITIES.OHIOU.EDU/RECYCLE
• CURRENTLY ISNT UPDATED YET
• RecycleMania Media Kit/Rules/University
  Profiles
• Calling All Schools
• RecycleMania Information Sheet
• RecycleMania Media Packet
• Benefits From RecycleMania
• Things Ohio University did for RecycleMania

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• CALLING ALL SCHOOLS
• ARE YOU AT THE TOP OF YOUR RECYCLING GAME?
• WOULD YOU LIKE A FRIENDLY RECYCLING COMPETITION
  WITHOTHER SCHOOLS?
• WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECYCLE EVEN MORE THAN YOU DO
  NOW?
• COLLEGE COMPETITION
• NOW HAS
• RECYCLEMANIA