NC State Competitive in Recycling Contest

NC State finished 23rd in a national Recyclemania competition in its second year of participation.

In the 10-week contest, NC State amassed 484,497 pounds of recyclables in the Gorilla Prize division for collecting the highest tonnage of recyclables, regardless of campus size.

For Landfill on the Lawn, one of the featured events, student volunteers compared trash from two residence halls: Lee, which has a trash chute, and the Honors Village, which does not.

“Sixty and 50 percent of the waste thrown into the dumpster was recyclable, reusable or compostable at Lee Residence Hall and the Honors Village, respectively,” said Analis Fulghum, education and outreach coordinator for Waste Reduction and Recycling. “We still have a lot of room for improvement.”