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University joins recycling competition
Posted February 8, 2006; 10:40 p.m.
Princeton is one of 93 universities in the country participating in
a 10-week competition that ends April 8 to see who can recycle more and
reduce waste.
This is the sixth year for the Recyclemania
competition, but the inaugural year for Princeton, whose competitors
include Ivy League rivals Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth and Yale. The goal
is to raise student awareness and involvement in campus recycling
Schools compete to produce the most recycling and least waste per
person. Participating schools report weekly results in pounds, which
the campus group Greening Princeton will post on its Web site along with up-to-date rankings and suggestions to help Princeton win.
The competition is endorsed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WasteWise program and sponsored on campus by Greening Princeton and the University's recycling department.