Assumption College is eager to participate in Recyclemania
Kristin Geyer
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: News Stories
Six hundred and five colleges and universities across the nation have entered a competition of massive proportions. For ten weeks, schools ranging from Alabama to Wyoming and everywhere in between will battle it out in a tournament that tests the campuses' willpower, their community awareness and, most importantly, their teamwork.
On Monday, February 1, 2010, Assumption College became one of the 605 colleges participating in Recyclemania 2010.
The Recyclemania Competition is independently owned by a committee made up of six people from different colleges and universities around the country. It began as a program of the College and University Recycling Council (CURC) of the National Recycling Coalition. This year marks the first competition ran as an independently owned company.
According to the competition's website, recylemaniacs.org, "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, or have the highest recycling rate." This allows Assumption, with just over 2,100 undergrads to compete with schools that have upwards of 21,000 students.
Typically, the first year a school enters the tournament is a building year. "Every school is different and it largely depends on how much advertising is done," said Alec Cooley, program manager of Recyclemania. He also stressed that in many schools, the students rally around a cause, and their spirit is what makes the difference. For the newcomers, Cooley encourages Assumption students to compare ourselves to colleges and universities in which they are alike. A fellow consortium member, Worcester Polytechnic Institute engaged in their own "Precyclemania" for four weeks to prepare themselves for the real competition. According to Cooley, California State San Marcos and Rutgers University are two to look out for.
In the light of increased media coverage of global warming in the past few years, Cooley has seen a direct effect on his company's efforts. "There's been a definite change in attitudes over the last ten years. The participation of schools has doubled every year from 2001 up until a few years ago. We're still adding a couple hundred schools every year," he said.
On Monday, February 1, 2010, Assumption College became one of the 605 colleges participating in Recyclemania 2010.
The Recyclemania Competition is independently owned by a committee made up of six people from different colleges and universities around the country. It began as a program of the College and University Recycling Council (CURC) of the National Recycling Coalition. This year marks the first competition ran as an independently owned company.
According to the competition's website, recylemaniacs.org, "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, or have the highest recycling rate." This allows Assumption, with just over 2,100 undergrads to compete with schools that have upwards of 21,000 students.
Typically, the first year a school enters the tournament is a building year. "Every school is different and it largely depends on how much advertising is done," said Alec Cooley, program manager of Recyclemania. He also stressed that in many schools, the students rally around a cause, and their spirit is what makes the difference. For the newcomers, Cooley encourages Assumption students to compare ourselves to colleges and universities in which they are alike. A fellow consortium member, Worcester Polytechnic Institute engaged in their own "Precyclemania" for four weeks to prepare themselves for the real competition. According to Cooley, California State San Marcos and Rutgers University are two to look out for.
In the light of increased media coverage of global warming in the past few years, Cooley has seen a direct effect on his company's efforts. "There's been a definite change in attitudes over the last ten years. The participation of schools has doubled every year from 2001 up until a few years ago. We're still adding a couple hundred schools every year," he said.
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