MIT's Undergraduate Association's Committee on Sustainability presents…

               recyclemania!

                                                January 18 to March 28

 
 

RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities on 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

    *     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.

What is RecycleMania? updated!!!

competition categories

Grand Champion

The Grand Champion category combines trash and core recyclable materials to determine a school's recycling rate as a percentage of its overall waste generation. Successful colleges and universities in this category demonstrate their achievement in both source reduction and recycling.


Per Capita Classic

Schools compete to see which can collect the largest combined amount of paper, cardboard and bottles and cans per person. The Per Capita Classic is the original RecycleMania competition.


Waste Minimization

Schools compete to see which produces the least amount of municipal solid waste (both recyclables and trash) per person. This competition is intended to reward those schools that generate the least amount of combined waste and recyclables, emphasizing reuse and source reduction over recycling.


Gorilla Prize

This category recognizes the larger schools that recycle the highest gross tonnage of combined paper, cardboard and bottle and cans during the ten-week competition, regardless of campus population.