This year’s “Recyclemania” event runs from January 27 through April 5. Each week the University of Maryland reports its recyclables and waste weights. Recyclemania calculates
Weekly ratings will be publicized to the
Maria Lonsbury, one of the coordinators of
“We had a recycling competition during half time at the women’s game January 31, and we will do it again at the men’s game on Sunday, March 2,” Lonsbury says.
Since the enactment of the Maryland Recycling Act in 1998, the university has been working hard to improve campus recycling. In 2004, only 17 percent of waste was being recycled and during the 2007 calendar year that figure jumped to 41 percent.
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