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Recyclemania

YOU’VE HEARD OF WRESTLEMANIA, BUT WHAT ABOUT RECYCLEMANIA? THIS COLLEGE COMPETITION PROMOTES CAMPUS WASTE REDUCTION, AS YOU’LL HEAR ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

EACH SPRING, STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COMPETE FOR TEN WEEKS TO SEE WHO HAS THE HIGHEST ON-CAMPUS RECYCLING RATE. ONE SCHOOL IS ULTIMATELY NAMED GRAND CHAMPION, BUT THE REAL WINNER IS THE ENVIRONMENT.  DURING LAST YEAR’S RECYCLEMANIA COMPETITION, MORE THAN FORTY-ONE MILLION POUNDS OF RECYCLABLES AND DECOMPOSABLE WASTE WERE RECOVERED.

SO WHY IS IT A COMPETITION?  ED NEWMAN, THE RECYCLING AND REFUSE MANAGER AT OHIO UNIVERSITY, SAYS EXISTING SCHOOL RIVALRIES GIVE STUDENTS AN INCENTIVE TO RECYCLE EVEN MORE.

BUT THE PROGRAM ISN’T LIMITED TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES. OFFICES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND EVEN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEGUN USING FRIENDLY COMPETITION TO BOOST THEIR RECYCLING RATES.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM. 

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