Randolph-Macon College is participating in
RecycleMania, a nationwide initiative that promotes waste reduction in campus communities and serves as a benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs. The 2012 competition runs from February 5 – March 31.
R-MC students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in RecycleMania by putting all clean recyclable paper, cardboard, plastic, glass or aluminum in one of the many blue recycling containers throughout campus. The more we recycle, the better R-MC will do in the competition. Click on
recycling for a complete listing of where recycling containers are located on campus. Click on
mixed recycling for a list of items that can be placed in the recycling containers.
Over an 8-week period, schools report recycling and trash data. Schools 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, and who has the highest recycling rate. The R-MC community can watch how their results compare against other schools by clicking on
http://recyclemaniacs.org/ and finding Randolph-Macon College under participating schools.
This is the third year that R-MC is participating in RecycleMania. The College received a $300 grant from Keep America Beautiful to help promote the competition on campus. R-MC Environmental Health and Safety Programs Manager Craig Collins hopes to get more students, faculty and staff to participate in the competition. “RecycleMania is a great way to encourage more people to recycle,” says Collins. “The competition is a good way to remind everyone that the simple act of recycling paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and aluminum products goes a long way to help R-MC become a greener College.”
For over a decade, R-MC has made significant strides toward becoming a more sustainable operation. Recently, R-MC completed construction of Andrews Hall, a LEED certified residence hall featuring many environmentally-friendly systems, including solar panels, rainwater reclamation and a geothermal heating and cooling system. The college is a proud participant in the
Virginia Environmental Excellence Program (VEEP) at the E2 level. R-MC is only the second academic institution in Virginia to have its entire campus certified by the Department of Environmental Quality’s VEEP program.
The RecycleMania Competition is a project of the College and University Recycling Council (CURC), which promotes increased recycling participation and waste reduction on college campuses. Partnership support is provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WasteWise Program.
For more information on RecycleMania, visit http://recyclemaniacs.org/ or contact Pam Harris Cox at (804) 752-3712, pamelacox@rmc.edu or Anne Marie Lauranzon at (804)752-7317, alauranz@rmc.edu.