RecycleMania 2012

If you don’t recycle and compost, now is the time to start! RecycleMania is a friendly competition for colleges and universities across the nation. Throughout a eight week period, participating schools report recycling and trash data and are then ranked according to which school collects the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, and the total recycling rate. The competition will run from Sunday, February 5 through Saturday, March 31.

Aquinas is participating in the RecycleMania competition to increase recycling and composting participation by students and staff, and to increase awareness of the waste reduction programs available on campus.

Competition Dates

February 5 through March 31, 2012

Recycling and Composting at Aquinas College >More (On campus access)

Blue Recycle Bin:	Green Composting Bin:
Office paper, magazines, newspapers, junk mail, cardboard, & paperboard (i.e. cereal boxes)	Food soiled paper (i.e. pizza boxes), paper cups (i.e. coffee cups), paper napkins and paper towel, paper plates, & paper wrap (i.e. wax paper)
Clear and colored glass, & aluminum foil and cans.	All food waste (including meat, bones, and dairy products)
Plastic (numbers 1 -7) containers and bags	Coffee grounds and coffee filters
Aluminum foil and cans	Waxed Paper Cartons (juice boxes, cardboard milk cartons, etc...)
Remember: Recyclables must be free of all food.	Remember: Clean (non-soiled) paper can be composted OR recycled

Make "Re-Use" a Priority

The "One Saint's Junk is Another Saint's Treasure" program allows Aquinas Community members to find goods for donation or sale, and to post wanted items! Do you have an over-abundance of office supplies you are longing to get rid of? How about an unwanted table collecting dust in your apartment? Use "One Saint's Junk is Another Saint's Treasure" to give new life to items, and help reach Aquinas' waste reduction goals. >More (Requires ELM Login)

Recycle Your E-Waste

For the first time, RecycleMania organizers are permitting electronic waste recycling weights to be included in the college's recycling total. Unwanted/ broken electronic items can be recycled at Aquinas, including cell phones, alarm clocks, radios, computer parts, and much more. Any item with a battery or a cord is accepted (excluding large appliances such as refrigerators). Please bring your electronic waste to Chad Buczkowski in the Media Center, anytime throughout the year. Collected electronics are donated to Comprenew Environmental, a non-profit e-waste recycler who reprocesses all e-waste collected for resale or disassembles into component parts for reuse by suppliers.