Faculty, staff encouraged to participate in Recyclemania
January 28, 2015
The Office of University Sustainability encourages Purdue faculty and staff members to recycle their unneeded files and paperwork during this year's Recyclemania competition, which runs from Feb. 1 through March 28.
Purdue has participated in Recyclemania since 2010. It is an annual recycling competition among hundreds of colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada.
During the competition, participating institutions report the amount of materials recycled and trash collected each week. The institutions then are ranked in various categories based on recycling rate, total volume of recycling and least amount of combined trash and recycling.
More information about Recyclemania 2015 can be found at www.recyclemaniacs.org. Last year, Purdue ranked 55th out of 259 institutions in the Grand Champion category and 4th in the Gorilla Prize category. Purdue placed 1st in Indiana in both of these categories.
Questions about Purdue's involvement in the contest, including which materials are recyclable, should be directed the Office of University Sustainability at 49-42481 or sustainability@purdue.edu.
Purdue’s Confidential Document Handling Procedures should be followed for the disposal of all sensitive information. The procedures are at http://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/docs/careeraccount/Shred_Singlepage.pdf.
