Posts Tagged ‘ Recyclemania ’

UNL recycling program makes steady progress

Mar 31st, 2011 | By | Category: Campus News, Jan. 27

The UNL recycling program continues to gain steam. Between 2005 and 2009, the university doubled annual totals for both tons recycled and percent of total waste recycled. While 2010 totals are pending, initial estimates put the year on par or slightly better than 2009, which ended with 44.3 percent of total waste recycled. “That’s above […]



UNL joins national recycling competition

Mar 4th, 2010 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, March 4, 2010

UNL is taking part in Recyclemania, a 10-week, friendly recycling competition between universities across the United States and Canada. The competition – which started as a contest between Miami University and Ohio University in 2001 – features different levels of recycling goals. UNL is participating in the category of overall percentage of waste recycled. “We […]