More than 70 colleges and universities competed in the 2008 RecycleMania competition in North America, including Canada and Mexico.

This year’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 winners are the University of Delaware, Trinity Washington University in D.C., Loyola College (Md), Dickinson College (Pa), Virginia Military Institute and the University of Charleston (WV).

Region 3 RecycleMania schools recycled, 7.6 million pounds of material otherwise destined for landfills and/or incinerators and yielded a potential Greenhouse Gas reduction of 3,150 metric tons of carbon equivalents, equivalent to the annual emission of 2,117 vehicles or the electricity required to power 1,529 households for a year.

RecycleMania is supported by the EPA WasteWise program. For more information on the amount of material students recycled, go to the Region 3 RecycleMania webpage.

4/25/2008