Month: March 2013

Welcome back from Spring Break!

We’re in our last week of RecycleMania – so let’s make it a good one! When you’re emptying out your car of any road-trip trash – remember to recycle what can be recycled! Results are in for the first six weeks and we’re hanging in there. Our paper/cardboard compactors will be emptied this week, so that tonnage will be added to our totals and will help our overall recycling numbers. Stay tuned!

		Week (Cumulative totals)
		6	7	8	Standing
Grand Champion weekly recycling rate, %)	2013	20.43
	2012	29.25	28.73	31.33
Per Capita Classic (lbs/per person)	2013	6.85
	2012	10.52	11.62	15.17
Waste Minimization (lbs/per person)	2013	33.52
	2012	35.99	40.45	48.41

 

Category	National Ranking: Week 6	Wisconsin Ranking (participating schools)
Grand Champion	203 out of 266	8 out of 10
Per Capita Classic	181 out of 403	9 out of 13
Waste Minimization	105 out of 180	4 out of 7
Pounds of trash generated	27,120
Pounds of recycling collected	8,260

Week 4 Results are in! We’re holding our own –  middle-of-the-pack for the most part. One thing that will boost up our overall recycling rate is when our two 42 cubic yard paper/cardboard compactors are emptied/weighed toward the end of RecycleMania. All the paper/cardboard you recycle go into these compactors (one is behind the Union and one is behind IS, in case you wondered), so those materials are not reflected in our current numbers.

Keep up your recycling and waste minimization efforts!

Category	National Ranking: Week 4	Wisconsin Ranking (participating schools)
Grand Champion	195 out of 257	7 out of 10
Per Capita Classic	174 out of 335	9 out of 13
Waste Minimization	100 out of 159	4 out of 8
Pounds of trash generated	25,785
Pounds of recycling collected	7,560

 

		Week (Cumulative totals)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Standing
Grand Champion weekly recycling rate, %)	2013	15.34	17.91	19.87	20.55
	2012	20.94	20.26	20.29	20.34	29.48	29.25	28.73	31.33
Per Capita Classic (lbs/per person)	2013	0.87	2.04	3.389	4.62
	2012	1.27	2.41	3.58	4.76	9.51	10.52	11.62	15.17
Waste Minimization (lbs/per person)	2013	5.65	11.40	17.05	22.49
	2012	6.06	11.90	17.67	23.41	32.26	35.99	40.45	48.41