Stevens is currently participating in an international recycling competition called RecycleMania. Stevens’ own environmental organizations, ESW (engineers for a sustainable world) and SAVE (Students against violating the Earth), are competing with over 100 other schools from the US and Canada to see who can recycle the most per capita over a designated 8-week period. The period runs from February 5 to April 1, and these organizations ask that all Stevens students pay extra attention to their waste, making sure to separate recyclables from trash.
The competition started out between the rival colleges Ohio University and Miami University. Inspired by the already active sports rivalry, each student body tried their hardest to beat the other school. ++ Miami, averaging 41.2 lbs per person, took victory over Ohio, whose students recycled an average of 32.6 lbs per person. Since the potential benefits of this competition were first realized in 2001, more schools have been joining. In 2004, RecycleMania formally partnered with the US EPA WasteWise program to obtain a website and become more organized. What started as a clever play on a single rivalry grew to 400 schools in 2008.
The winning school, in each of nine different categories, receives national recognition, implied bragging rights, an award made from recycled material, and the honor of carrying that category’s special traveling trophy for the year. Anyone with any questions about RecycleMania is encouraged to reach out to either SAVE or ESW. To check on Stevens’ current standing against other schools, you can visit recyclemaniacs.org/scoreboard/current-results.
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