Lehigh Competes in 2015 RecycleMania Tournament

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During the months of February and March, Lehigh University is taking part in the RecycleMania competition. This will be Lehigh's third year competing for the title of RecycleMania champion. 

RecycleMania is an annual competition (first started in 2001) that encourages friendly competition between colleges and universities across the United States. Each year hundreds of campuses compete to see which campus can reduce and recycle more. Over the 8-week competition, schools follow their performance in key categories: recycling rate, per-capita recycling rate, and total tons of recycling collected.  

On Lehigh's campus, RecycleMania is used to draw attention and support for our recycling programs. Fun events and activities are designed to motivate students, faculty and staff to increase their recycling efforts and reduce waste generation. This year's most notable events will be the Game Day: Basketball green game challenge at the Men's Basketball Game v. Army on Wednesday, February 4th, and the Trashion Show on Wednesday, March 18th. Join us for one of these great events!  

Here's how YOU can help Lehigh University WIN RecycleMania:

 
  • Learn what can and cannot be recycled at Lehigh: https://sustainability.lehigh.edu/recycling
  • Reduce the amount of trash you generate: use a reusable coffee mug! eat in, don't take out! reuse office supplies! drink from a reusable water bottle! 
  • Remind your friends and co-workers to recycle around campus 
  • Make our next departmental or club event waste-free or low-waste!
  • Make sure that each garbage can in your office, classroom, lab or dorm room is paired with a blue recycling bin! 
  • Follow Lehigh's success in the competition. Results are posted each Friday at http://recyclemaniacs.org/scoreboard 

For more information about Lehigh's RecycleMania efforts, visit: http://sustainability.lehigh.edu/recyclemania

For more information about the RecycleMania competition, visit: http://recyclemaniacs.org/ 

If you'd like to participate in RecycleMania activities or sponsor a recycling-related event on campus, please email Katie Klaniecki at kak612@lehigh.edu

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