McNary Hall Wins Residence Hall Recycling Competition

McNary Hall has been declared the RecycleMania Residence Hall Winner, which they earned by having the smallest percentage of recyclables in their dumpster. The hall won a game night for their hall held on April 7, plus a trophy made out of reused materials. Congrats to them! Campus Recycling staff and volunteers audited the contents […]


April 28, 2011

McNary Hall has been declared the RecycleMania Residence Hall Winner, which they earned by having the smallest percentage of recyclables in their dumpster. The hall won a game night for their hall held on April 7, plus a trophy made out of reused materials. Congrats to them!

McNary residents & staff admire their new trophy.
McNary residents & staff admire their new trophy, made out of reused materials.

Campus Recycling staff and volunteers audited the contents of a dumpster from each hall March 7th and 11th, sorting out recycling and weighing the results. McNary had the smallest percentage of recyclables in their dumpster and therefore took the title.

Campus Recycling audits a residence hall dumpster
Campus Recycling staff audit the contents of a residence hall dumpster.

How the other halls stacked up:

Residence Hall Rankings

View additional info here. Happy recycling!

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