RecycleMania at UWP

01/31/2013

Hey Everybody, don't forget that RecycleMania officially starts next week, and now that we have a new collection system it's easier than ever to recycle. Check out the video, it may not be a favorite song, but it does show how easy it is to recycling!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=exhgrxpeQws

A music video, "Toss It, Baby!" which promotes the benefits of single-stream recycling at Santee Cooper. Employees showcase their talent in this entertaining...

04/24/2012

Congratulations to all of the Wisconsin RecycleManiacs!

UW-Platteville is our 2012 Grand Champion with an accumulative recycling rate of 42.49%. Great job Andrea Winkler and the rest of the UW-Platteville RecycleManiacs. Ed Faherty of Faherty Inc., which picks up the waste and recyclables from UW-Platteville was also a great help. Here's a link to Platteville's RecycleMania page: http://www.uwplatt.edu/business/recyclemania/

Here is a link to the Wisconsin results:
http://www.wisconsin.edu/oslp/sustainability/Documents/2012%20WI%20RecycleMania%20results%20PDF.pdf

Over a 8 week period, schools report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects 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. With each week's reports and ...

03/30/2012

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The time and effort that the students put into each and every second of all the videos was incredible and watching all the "likes" on YouTube grow and grow was unbelievable! We had over 800 "likes" cast throughout the voting portion of the contest and the videos were viewed over 6,000 times this pas...

03/27/2012

RecycleMania would also like to thank Tyler Tollefson and his crew for coming to the paper drive and video taping the event!

03/27/2012

Wisconsin Schools Grand Champion Ranking order:
University of Wisconsin-Platteville 47 42.00
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 55 39.85
Saint Norbert College 60 38.96
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 61 37.70
University of Wisconsin-River Falls 62 37.13
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 104 29.25
Lawrence University 108 28.88
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 118 27.72
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 129 27.05
Western Technical College 180 21.05
University of Wisconsin-Stout 181 21.00
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 196 18.77

03/27/2012

Year 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Grand Champion
weekly recycling rate (%) 2012 42.04% 42.49% 41.61% 41.90% 42.21% 42.07% 41.67% 42.00%

03/27/2012

Current Ranking
Grand Champion 47
Per Capita Classic 72
Gorilla 131
Paper 44
Corrugated Cardboard 27
Bottles & Cans 30

03/27/2012

Thank you to everyone who helped participate in UW-Platteville's RecycleMania 2012 Paper Drive! It was a success -a special thank you goes out to Ed Faherty, Courtney Wiegel, Andrea Winkler, Tony Isabell & all the Greek students & custodians that helped!!

03/23/2012

03/21/2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C9_rQp6QSQ&feature=related

Watch how some UWP students learned the hard way about throwing recyclables in the trash.

03/21/2012

Monday, March 26th We will be catching students GREEN HANDED!! Candy will be passed out as well! Look for us in the RecycleMania Costumes floating around campus!!

03/21/2012

UW-Platteville Paper Drive will be held March 27th!!! Don't forget to gather all your unwanted paper! There will be a dumpster in Karrmann Library waiting to be filled!!