First Official Week of Recyclemania Results!

Here are the current results with our peer NESCAC schools. These results do not include the first two weeks of collections. Those were practice weeks. This is the first week of the actual eight week contest.

Our national standing for Waste Minimization is listed at the end.

Grand Champion - Competition Division

Schools participating in both the Per Capita Classic and the Waste Minimization competitions are eligible to become the Grand Champion of RecycleMania. The Grand Champion will be the school that, based on their combined results, demonstrates the greatest achievement in both source reduction and recycling.

Rank	School Name	Cumulative Recycling rate (%)
1	Tufts University	40.10 %
2	Amherst College	35.96 %
3	Connecticut College	34.15 %
4	Middlebury College	33.71 %
5	Trinity College	15.78 %
6	Wesleyan University	12.40 %
7	Hamilton College	8.05 %

Per Capita Classic - Competition Division

In this competition schools are competing to see which can collect the largest amount of acceptable recyclables per person.

Rank	School Name	Cumulative Recyclables Pounds/Person
1	Tufts University	4.38
2	Connecticut College	3.86
3	Williams College	3.58
4	Middlebury College	3.20
5	Amherst College	3.15
6	Trinity College	2.59
7	Wesleyan University	1.80
8	Hamilton College	1.18

Waste Minimization - Competition Division

In this competition schools are competing to see which produces the least amount of municipal solid waste (including both recyclables and trash) per person.

Rank	School Name	Cumulative Waste Pounds/Person
1	Middlebury College	9.50
2	Tufts University	10.91
3	Connecticut College	11.31
4	Wesleyan University	14.53
5	Hamilton College	14.64

Gorilla Prize - Competition Division

In this competition schools are competing to see which can collect the highest gross tonnage of recyclables, regardless of campus population.

Rank	School Name	Cumulative Recyclables Pounds
1	Tufts University	57559.80
2	Williams College	11558.00
3	Middlebury College	11474.51
4	Connecticut College	9925.00
5	Amherst College	7950.00
6	Trinity College	7905.00
7	Wesleyan University	5340.00
8	Hamilton College	2920.00

Targeted Material - Paper - Competition Division

In this competition schools are competing to see which can recycle the largest amount of paper per person.

Rank	School Name	Cumulative Paper Pounds/Person
1	Williams College	1.46
2	Middlebury College	1.36
3	Amherst College	1.33
4	Connecticut College	1.17
5	Wesleyan University	0.55

Targeted Material - Corrugated Cardboard - Competition Division

In this competition schools are competing to see which can recycle the largest amount of corrugated cardboard per person.

Rank	School Name	Cumulative Corrugated Cardboard Pounds/Person
1	Connecticut College	1.75
2	Williams College	1.29
3	Middlebury College	1.14
4	Amherst College	1.14
5	Wesleyan University	0.97

Targeted Material - Bottles and Cans - Competition Division

In this competition schools are competing to see which can recycle the largest amount of bottles and cans per person.

Rank	School Name	Cumulative Bottles and Cans Pounds/Person
1	Connecticut College	0.95
2	Williams College	0.84
3	Middlebury College	0.70
4	Amherst College	0.67
5	Hamilton College	0.31
6	Wesleyan University	0.28

Waste Minimization - Competition Division

In this competition schools are competing to see which produces the least amount of municipal solid waste (including both recyclables and trash) per person.

National Ranking = 186 of 203 schools