In the Halls
Residence Halls to Participate in Nike's ReUse a Shoe Program - Have your athletic shoes "run their course?" Students can recycle their old sneakers (any brand) from April 6-10, 2009. Shoes will be donated to the Nike ReUse a show prgram. The shoes are ground up and turned into a product that is used on playground surfaces and synthetic tracks. For more information, call UND Facilities at 777-4878 or see the hall staff.
Residence Hall Update in Recyclemania Competition - Week 6
In the “Waste Minimization” competition, UND ranks 68 of 147. In this competition, schools compete to see which produces the least amount of municipal solid waste (trash) per person. UND came in at 22.83 cumulative pounds of trash/ person that was collected. In 147th place, University of Texas Medical Branch was at 80.70 lbs/person
In the “Per Capita Classic competition, the schools compete to see who can collect the largest amount of recycling per person. UND’s cumulative recycling lbs/person of 5.19 with a ranking of 146 out of 288. First place went to Kalamazoo College at 33.42 lbs/person.
The “Gorilla Prize” competition shows what school can collect the highest gross tonnage of recyclable, regardless of the campus population. UND climbed to 89 of 288 with a cumulative weight of 74,966 lbs/person. Rutgers University came in first with a weight of 1,043,023 lbs.
The “Grand Champion” recognizes the school that, based on their combined results demonstrates the greatest achievement in both source reduction and recycling. UND cumulative recycling rate is 22.75%, with a ranking of
114 of 200. First place goes to California State University with a rate of 82.53%.
Residence Hall Recycling Board Receives Award
Facilities Management has awarded the John Meagher Ecology Award to the Association of Residence Halls (ARH) Recycling Board. The award was originated in 1992 and it recognizes persons who have taken a leadership role in ecology and conservation.
After many years of supporting recycling efforts in the residence halls, ARH officially established a Recycling Board several years ago. Board members represent each of the 14 residence halls to encourage and promote recycling programs. Students on the Recycling Board work with Facilities Management staff to make recommendations regarding short and long-range recycling goals and to increase participation in recycling in the residence halls.
In August 2008, the ARH Recycling Board provided each residence hall room (approximately 1600) with a recycling container. The project was paid in full by the ARH. With the containers in place, the recycling has increased by 9%.
Also this year, Facilities Management and the residence halls are leading the campus-wide participation in Recyclemania. Recyclemania is a nation-wide program that emphasizes friendly competition and benchmarking tools for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities.
Congratulations, and thank you for your commitment to recycling!
