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RECYCLEMANIA 2010
10-week Competition Spreadsheets Below: Click on each week to view results
(Pounds verses number of bags on paper and plastic/aluminum cans)
Week of January 17 - January 23, 2010
Week of January 24 - January 30, 2010
Week of January 31 - February 6, 2010
Week of February 7 - February 13, 2010
Week of February 14 - February 20, 2010
Week of February 21 - February 27, 2010
Week of February 28 - March 6, 2010
Week of March 7 - March 13, 2010
Week of March 14 - March 20, 2010 (Spring Break)
Final Week of RecycleMania 2010

UPDATES
During January 17 to March 27, 10-week challenge ignites classic college rivalries, rallying students, faculty and staff to increase on-campus recycling rates beyond their collegiate competitors. RecycleMania wrapped up its 10th annual recycling competition in late March, with over 84.5 million pounds of recyclables and organics recovered from 607 colleges and universities across the country.
“The growth success of RecycleMania proves that college campuses and students are embracing sustainability like never before,” said Ed Skernolis, vice president/recycling, Keep America Beautiful, Inc. “Keep America Beautiful is proud to sponsor and support this incredible event, knowing that we are creating awareness and building momentum for recycling everywhere – at home, at school, at work and throughout the community.”After the 10th week JU ranks at 1114 with a total of 4041lbs in cumulative Recyclables for the Gorilla Prize Benchmark Division ! 

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RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over a 10-week period, schools report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate. With each week’s reports and rankings, participating schools watch how their results fluctuate against other schools and use this to rally their campus communities to reduce and recycle more.

Overall Goals for RecycleMania

1.Have a fair and friendly recycling competition.
2.Increase recycling participation by students and staff.
3.Heighten awareness of schools' waste management and recycling programs.
4.Expand economic opportunities while addressing environmental issues in a positive way.
5.Lower waste generated on-campus by reducing, reusing and recycling.
6.Have the competition act as a catalyst for colleges and universities to build and expand waste reduction programs on campus.

Why Is There a Need for RecycleMania?

Colleges and universities are small cities that consume large amounts of resources and generate much solid waste. Whether a school has an extensive waste reduction program or is just getting basic recycling collections off the ground, experience has shown that all schools have potential to further reduce the amount of resources they consume and dispose of. RecycleMania provides a tool for campus recycling coordinators, student green teams and facility service professionals to engage their campus community in recycling and waste reduction in a fun and friendly way. RecycleMania anticipates that environmental messages cannot always motivate action by themselves and seeks to present waste reduction in terms any college student can appreciate: beating the cross town rival! In the process, participation in the competition familiarizes students with a campus’s environmental programs and hopefully instills in them a life long habit. Past surveys have indicated 80% of participating schools experienced a noticeable increase in recycling collection during the competition.