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AU Recycles

Posted in PR Writing, Recycling by Angela | Thursday, November 15th, 2007 | Trackback

Today more and more people are trying to be green and help the environment.  Auburn University is no exception. 

The Auburn University Facilities Division and Sustainability Initiative created The Auburn Recycling Program in 2005.  Their mission is to promote recycling, waste diversion and reuse.  They are also trying to decrease the amount of waste that is produced on campus.  As a result of decreasing campus waste it would reduce the waste in our local landfills. 

Auburn currently has five recycling programs: Deskside, Residential Life, Game Day, Sidewalk and Recycling Dumpster. 

America Recycles Day is the only nationally recognized day that the nation recycles and it is set for November 15. 

In celebration of America Recycles Day, The Auburn University Recycling Program will host “Landfill on the Lawn� on Cater Lawn from 1-3 p.m.  The data from the collection of recycled goods will be used for the spring semester’s Recyclemania Competition.  This is going to be single-stream recycling which means that all of the recyclable goods can be mixed in one recycling bin.  Since 2005 the single-stream program has collected more than 500 tons of recyclables.  This in turn has saved the university over $10,000 in disposal fees. 

The Recyclemania Web site said, “RecycleMania is a friendly competition among college and university recycling programs in the United States that provides the campus community with a fun, proactive activity in waste reduction. Over a 10-week period, campuses compete in different contests to see which institution can collect the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate.

The main goal of this event is to increase student awareness of campus recycling and waste minimization. All participating schools are required to report measurements on a weekly basis in pounds. RecycleMania provides many ways to gain recognition, including RecycleMania trophies, awards, and participant certificates.�

Help yourself and the environment by recycling.

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