EPA College Football Gameday Challenge

[aceinthehole]

Central Connecticut State University is one of just two state universities taking part in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Game Day Challenge. During this Saturday's football game vs. Wagner at 12 p.m., CCSU will be working with the fans in attendance to recycle as much material as possible. Only 87 football programs nationwide are taking part in the EPA's Game Day Challenge this season.

Universities and colleges from around the nation will wage a friendly competition to see who can reduce, reuse and recycle the most waste. The amount of waste generated and recycled will determine which school is the greenest. Winners will be recognized for several categories including: least amount of waste generated per attendee, greatest greenhouse gas reductions, highest recycling rate, highest organics reduction rate (i.e., food donation and composting) and highest combined recycling and composting rate.

Paper, beverage containers, cardboard boxes and mixed recyclable materials will be given special attention. In addition, Coca Cola will have displays and assist in the collections.

Fans will be encouraged to dispose of all clean paper goods and other materials with the help of CCSU staff.

At the end of the day, the collected materials will be weighed and the day’s totals sent to the EPA.

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A total of 18 FCS schools will be participating:

Alcorn State University
Appalachian State University
Bucknell University
California Polytechnic State University
Central Connecticut State University
Eastern Washington University
Florida A & M University
Illinois State University
Marist College
Montana State University
Princeton University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
The University of Rhode Island
University of California, Davis
University of Maine
University of Montana
University of Tennessee at Martin (UMT Recycles!)
Yale University

For more info:
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[siuham]

Gonna be interesting for SIU to do this when we've got an away game.

[93henfan]

Marist? They might get five cups and two hot dog wrappers if they sell out.

[JayJ79]

Gonna be interesting for SIU to do this when we've got an away game.

I'm guessing that different schools participate on different weekends.

[siuham]

Gonna be interesting for SIU to do this when we've got an away game.

I'm guessing that different schools participate on different weekends.

The article blurb just made it seem like just this weekend.

[bandl]

They recycle the tampons at EWU? That's nasty...but explains alot.

[clenz]

I'm guessing that different schools participate on different weekends.

The article blurb just made it seem like just this weekend.

Well, SIU should have a 100% rate of used to recycled items then....

[Aho Old Guy]

Recycle at The Rock has been going on for a number of years. Our *Day* was several weeks ago.

*Recyclage* (Is that a proper noun? )

2008: 8.6 tons
2009: 8.5 tons (one less game)

[JayJ79]

I'm guessing that different schools participate on different weekends.

The article blurb just made it seem like just this weekend.

And I don't see a list of schools other than CCSU posted anywhere in the article, or linked to it.
It was added by someone else on this thread. Not sure where they got that list, but whatever their source was probably has more information about the timeframe.

[grizzaholic]

Many Many beer cans get recycled each home game weekend in Missoula....at least I think they do.

[tampajag]

Alcorn should have a lot to recycle with the Jags coming to town. Should be a great tailgating time, and if I know my Jags correctly there should be a lot of trash.