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RecycleMania sees record number of participating schools in 2008
Samantha Stanek
Issue date: 2/8/08 Section: Campus
The contest also strives to lower waste generated by on-campus facilities as well as heighten awareness of each schools waste management and recycling programs.
"Miami is participating in RecycleMania for many reasons; to actually reduce the amount of waste generated on our school's campus and also to educate on the importance of how reducing the amount of waste can actually help the environment," said graduate student Emily Donohoe.
According to the RecycleMania Web site, the contest consists of many smaller contests, such as which institution can collect 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.
The Per Capita Classic award, according to recyclemaniacs.org, is what the original RecycleMania competition consisted of-which school can collect the most acceptable recyclable items. Since then, the other awards have been added due to the size of schools participating.
This year, the former Per Capita Classic award was renamed in honor of Stephen K. Gaski, director of building and special services for Miami University, at the time of the program's creation. He was involved in RecycleMania and a contributor to the competition. According to Glover, Gaski passed away in the summer of 2005, and this award has been renamed to recognize his assistance in starting the program.
"Every year the National Recycling Coalition has a national recycling conference," Glover said. "One of the seminars was specifically about RecycleMania, and how to get people across the nation involved. It was at that seminar that it was named after him and an award was given it to his wife."
This year, an option has been added to register the entire university or subsets of the campus. According to recyclemania.org, those that choose to involve the whole campus (on and off campus) will have a consistent institutional standard.
"People are becoming more aware and hopefully at the end of the year we'll have more information to make changes," Donohoe said.
"Miami is participating in RecycleMania for many reasons; to actually reduce the amount of waste generated on our school's campus and also to educate on the importance of how reducing the amount of waste can actually help the environment," said graduate student Emily Donohoe.
According to the RecycleMania Web site, the contest consists of many smaller contests, such as which institution can collect 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.
The Per Capita Classic award, according to recyclemaniacs.org, is what the original RecycleMania competition consisted of-which school can collect the most acceptable recyclable items. Since then, the other awards have been added due to the size of schools participating.
This year, the former Per Capita Classic award was renamed in honor of Stephen K. Gaski, director of building and special services for Miami University, at the time of the program's creation. He was involved in RecycleMania and a contributor to the competition. According to Glover, Gaski passed away in the summer of 2005, and this award has been renamed to recognize his assistance in starting the program.
"Every year the National Recycling Coalition has a national recycling conference," Glover said. "One of the seminars was specifically about RecycleMania, and how to get people across the nation involved. It was at that seminar that it was named after him and an award was given it to his wife."
This year, an option has been added to register the entire university or subsets of the campus. According to recyclemania.org, those that choose to involve the whole campus (on and off campus) will have a consistent institutional standard.
"People are becoming more aware and hopefully at the end of the year we'll have more information to make changes," Donohoe said.
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