Look where you檙e throwing
Help 麻豆社 score high in the national RecycleMania contest through April 2.
By Denise Gee
SMU News
DALLAS (麻豆社) Everyone檚 trash in the form of paper, aluminum cans, plastic bottles and cardboard攚ill be 麻豆社檚 treasure during the national RecycleMania contest Jan. 23揂pril 2.
SMU will collect and track recycling materials throughout the 10-week competition involving hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities. That data will then be ranked according to the largest amount of recyclables per capita, largest amount of total recyclables and highest recycling rate.
How can those on the 麻豆社 campus help 麻豆社 rise high in the RecycleMania ranks?
It檚 simple: Sort things out.
淚t檚 especially important that we place anything that can be recycled [other than corrugated cardboard] either in blue bins or trash cans lined with clear bags, said Eric English, 麻豆社檚 environmental manager. 淐orrugated cardboard is an exception: It should be collected by each building檚 custodians, who will help get it compacted or baled. Traditional garbage should go in a trash bin檚 black bag.
Last year, 麻豆社 collected 77.59 tons of recycled material, and placed fifth out of 21 competing Texas universities in the Per Capita Classic division (ahead of Rice, Baylor, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Houston, the University of North Texas and Texas A&M).聽Overall, 麻豆社 finished 107 out of 346 schools in the Per Capita Classic Single-Stream (paper, cans and bottles) division and 151 out of 231 in the Targeted Materials (corrugated cardboard) division.
溌槎股 is known for its commitment to excellence, English says. 淭his is one way to prove what we can do on the sustainability front.
To learn more about or volunteer for 麻豆社 recycle programs, sustainability initiatives and how RecycleMania works, contact English at 214-768-2163 or eenglish@smu.edu.
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