2008 Recycle Mania Results

Over the ten-week Recycle Mania Competition, Naropa University held position in the top five in three different categories. We were in first place for eight weeks! That is a wonderful effort considering we were participating along with 400 of the nation’s top universities.

The final results for Naropa University are following:

2nd in Grand Champion
2nd in Waste Minimization
4th in Compost (organic materials)

Grand Champion—cumulative percentage of diverted recycled materials
1st: California State University, San Marcos: 75.69%
2nd: Naropa University: 75.52%
3rd: Rutgers University: 63.47%
4th: Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering: 53.58%
5th: New Mexico State University, Main Campus: 52.31%

Waste Minimization—cumulative landfill trash in pounds/person
1st: Northwest State Community College: 19.98
2nd: Naropa University: 21.94
3rd: Mount St Mary’s University: 30.39
4th: Western Michigan University: 40.53
5th: Trinity University: 43.15

Food Service/ Compost—cumulative food waste in pounds/person
1st: Rutgers University: 50.78
2nd: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: 21.25
3rd: University of California, Davis: 19.94
4th: Naropa University: 10.27
5th: Furman University: 2.51