Initiatives & Outreach

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Recyclemania 2012

recyclemania logoRecycleMania, an annual competition administered by the National Recycling Coalition, pits Washington University in St. Louis against other U.S. colleges and universities to see which campus can prevent the most materials from being buried in a landfill.

Each week, standings will be posted online to help motivate the WUSTL community to continue recycling. RecycleMania award categories are as follows:

  • Grand Champion: given to the school that recycles the greatest percentage of its overall waste
  • Waste Minimization: given to the school with the lowest amount of total waste per person, which includes both trash and recycling
  • Per Capita Classic: given to the school that recycles the greatest amount of recyclables per person
  • Gorilla: given to the school that recycles the greatest overall amount of recyclables.

Awards also go to the schools that recycle the most paper, corrugated cardboard, bottles and cans. See the Scoreboard at Recyclemania.org.

The university's Office of Sustainability monitors and submits WUSTL's recycling and waste totals to RecycleMania administrators.

RECYCLEMANIA 2012 SUMMARY WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Week ending All Recycled Materials (lbs) Waste (lbs) Total Waste %
1 - 02/05 - 02/11 64,513 171,380 235,893 27.35
2 - 02/12 - 02/18 51,561 203,960 255,521 20.18
3 - 02/19 - 02/25 75,124 168,620 243,744 30.82
4 - 02/26 - 03/03 76,961 179,000 255,961 30.07
5 - 03/04 - 03/10 58,409 175,220 233,629 25.00
6 - 03/11 - 03/17 77,866 175,020 252,886 30.79
7 - 03/18 - 03/24 77,540 186,720 264,260 29.34
8 - 03/25 - 03/31 75,457 182,080 257,537 29.30
Totals 27.86901974 Cum % Competition
Competition (Weeks 3-10) 557,141 1,442,000 1,999,141 3,441,141 Total all waste
Weeks 1-10 557,141 1,442,000 1,999,141 3,441,141 Total all waste
27.86901974 Cum % Wk 1
Standings
2010
Posted
Results

Week 10
(Cum. from Week 3)
GRAND CHAMP. 18.85% (197 of 267)
WASTE MIN. 90.02 lbs/person (176 of 199)
PER CAPITA 16.97 lbs/person (82 of 346) 23.7 %
GORILLA 393,172 total lbs (35 of 346) 10.1%
2011
Posted
Results
Week 10 FINAL
(Cum. from Week 3)
GRAND CHAMP. 28.70% (137 of 288)
WASTE MIN. 85.50 lbs/person (165 of 180)
PER CAPITA 24.54 lbs/person (42 of 363) Top 12%
GORILLA 556,623 total lbs (15 of 363) Top 4%
2012
Posted
Results
Week 10 FINAL
(Cum. from Week 3)
GRAND CHAMP. 27.87% (134 of 266)
WASTE MIN. 89.76 lbs/person (165 of 180)
PER CAPITA 25.02 lbs/person (43 of 338) Top 13%
GORILLA 557,141 total lbs (23 of 296) Top 7%