During
the contest,
registered
schools
report recycling
and trash
data, which
will then
be ranked
in several
categories.
Each week
the data
will be
calculated
and compared
with data
from all
competing
schools.
Staff
and faculty
can learn
how they
can become
more involved
by attending
a training
program
between
11:00 a.m.
and 12:30
p.m. on
Feb. 15
in the Howard
University
Service
Center,
second floor,
training
room.
Preregistration
is required.
Contact
Carla Annang
at 202-806-2399
or cannang@howard.edu
.
Alfonze
Chishom,
director
of Capital
Planning
and Sustainability,
urged all
faculty
and staff
to get involved.
Domenio
Smith is
one of the
leaders
of the students’
effort.
Smith urged
all students
to take
part in
the contest.
“Participating
in RecycleMania
is extremely
important
for Howard
because
it allows
us to show
and prove
our commitment
to protecting
the environment,”
Smith said.
“Every
student
needs to
be involved
in this
competition,
for themselves,
for their
families
and for
our planet’s
future.”
There
are recycling
stations
in each
building
on campus
where everybody
can properly
dispose
of recyclables,
Chisholm
said.
This
is the second
year Howard
has competed
campus-wide.
Last year,
the program
was able
to divert
11.48 tons
of aluminum,
glass and
plastic
products
and 189.83
tons of
paper products
from a wasteful
landfill
to a productive
recycling
effort,
Chisholm
said.
Howard University
is also
part of
a recycling
video competition
for participating
colleges
and universities.
Students
are asked
to create
a short
video showing
their “love”
for recycling
on Valentine’s
Day 2011.
The students
must recreate
the recycling
symbol in
an innovative
way. Participants
then upload
their video
to the RecycleMania
YouTube
page in
response
to a short
video created
to explain
the competition.
Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlKIGzzecNQ.
A panel
of judges
will select
the top
10 videos
and place
them on
the RecycleMania
Facebook
page http://www.facebook.com/RecycleMania.
Then, for
two weeks
in March,
the public
will pick
their favorite
video.
The grand
prize is
$500 to
be used
by the school’s
recycling
program
to promote
its 2012
RecycleMania
competition.
All members
of the winning
group, up
to 25, will
also receive
a prize
pack from
RecycleMania.
Full rules
and details
here at
http://www.recyclemaniacs.org/doc/RecycleManiaVideoContestRulesRegs.doc
