RecydeMania hits the residence halls
The two-month recycling
competition pits UO
students against schools
across the nation
BY EVA SYLWESTER
NEWS REPORTER
On Jan. 30, University residence hall
students kicked off RecycleMania, a
national intercollegiate competition to
collect the most recyclable items from
student living areas. The competition
will continue until April 9.
“A lot of schools are looking at us as
the team to beat," University Housing
Recycling Coordinator Robyn Hath
cock said. “It’s fun to compete against
Ivy League schools and perform really
well on a unique level.” Rob Gogan,
Harvard University campus recycling
coordinator, said in an e-mail to Hath
cock that his program has respect for
University recyclers.
“Your school finished second in
RecycleMania in 2003 and won the
National Recycling Coalition’s award
for Best Campus Recycling program
in the nation a few years ago,” he
said in the e-mail. “We hope you
aren’t getting cocky, though. We here
in the East have some tricks up our
sleeves that are going to make it quite
a chase for you. ”
RecycleMania involves two sepa
rate competitions: The Per Capita
Classic, where the number of
pounds of recycled material is divid
ed by the number of students, and
the Recycling Rate Competition,
where a school’s recycled material
is compared with its amount of
trash. The University is participat
ing in the Per Capita Classic, and
Lauren Wimer | Senior photographer
Freshman Sarah
Cuddy, right, reads
about recycling to
get a prize from
Recycle Mania
participant Allison
Maikath on Friday
afternoon in
Hamilton Complex.
The fact stated:
“The average
aluminum can in
the U.S. contains
40 percent
post-consumer
recycled
aluminum.
American
consumers and
industry throw
away enough
aluminum to
rebuild the entire
U.S. commercial
air fleet every three
months."
Hathcock expressed hopes that be
ing in the same division as Pacific
10 Conference rivals and Ivy League
schools will increase interest in the
competition among students at
the University.
“Another thing that’s really got us
fired up is that OSU is participating
this year,” Hathcock said. “The
competition is definitely on with
OSU in it.”
Hathcock plans to promote the pro
gram by posting weekly recycling to
tals in the lobbies of the Carson, Barn
hart, and Hamilton residence hall
complexes. Events throughout the
competition will include a recycling
fair, displays in residence hall lobbies
and a recycled art workshop.
According to the RecycleMania
program’s Web site, www.recyclema
niacs.org, the competition began in
2001 between Ohio University and
Miami University as an effort to in
crease recycling in the residence and
dining halls. It expanded to four
schools in 2002, eight in 2003, 17 in
2004, and 49 this year.
2003 is the only year the Univer
sity of Oregon has previously partic
ipated in the competition. During
the 10-week period, residence hall
students recycled an average of 51.5
pounds of recyclables per person
per week and took second to Bowl
ing Green State University.
“We were beat out of first by a
pound,” Hathcock said. “A pound
works out to two glass bottles
per person per week.”
According to Hathcock, residence
hall students at the University recy
cled 32.5 tons of glass, metal and pa
per during fall 2004. The dining halls
recycled more than 22 tons during
the same period.
“As high as that number sounds,
you take a look in the Dumpsters, at
least 50 percent of that is still recycla
ble,” Hathcock said. “Good recycling
practices have a tremendous impact
on the environment. They save a lot
of energy and natural resources.
Those benefits are what are worth
competing for.”
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