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RecycleMania
For ten weeks each spring, Towson University tracks and submits weekly recycling and refuse statistics as part of the national RecycleMania competition. Towson's results for the 2008, 2009 2010, 2011 competitions are listed below. The 2012 competition will go from January 22 to March 31 - let's try to beat last year's total of more than 130 tons of material recycled!
| RecycleMania Standings (in pounds) |
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Recycling |
Refuse |
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2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Week 1* |
23,948 |
11,456 |
5,570 |
19,636 |
n/a |
38,701 |
29,084 |
44,120 |
| Week 2 |
24,128 |
|
20,785 |
27,826 |
n/a |
|
93,220 |
47,202 |
| Week 3 |
24,199 |
25,580 |
29,140 |
15,980 |
n/a |
54,126 |
58,569 |
87,141 |
| Week 4 |
25,555 |
33,950 |
18,972 |
65,022 |
n/a |
58,019 |
51,166 |
117,380 |
| Week 5 |
25,163 |
23,780 |
33,250 |
9,435 |
n/a |
64,666 |
97,017 |
72,153 |
| Week 6 |
27,479 |
43,440 |
38,729 |
27,091 |
n/a |
57,919 |
112,983 |
44,622 |
| Week 7 |
25,291 |
30,550 |
37,189 |
44,260 |
n/a |
55,293 |
105,470 |
97,104 |
| Week 8 |
Spring Break |
25,960 |
50,645 |
21,792 |
n/a |
56,320 |
99,497 |
49,598 |
| Week 9 |
24,919 |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
n/a |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
| Week 10 |
25,770 |
53,050 |
44,393 |
31,874 |
n/a |
48,526 |
90,386 |
63,027 |
* Note that week one of the 2009 and 2010 competitions occurred the week before the beginning of spring semester, when students were not on campus.
Office of Sustainability
General Services Building, Room 132A (map)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-3409
Fax: 410-704-6248
Email: gogreen@towson.edu
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