SWANA Partners with Campus Race to Zero Waste

SWANA continues our promotional partnership with Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly RecycleMania) to increase recycling on college campuses across the U.S.

The Campus Race to Zero Waste is the only competition in the nation dedicated to reducing waste and increasing recycling; it’s FREE to participate.

For 8 weeks each spring (February-March), hundreds of higher education institutions across the country rally their campuses to “up their game” by reducing waste and increasing their recycling and composting in an effort to beat rival campuses.

During the 2020 competition, 4.5 million students, faculty and staff recycled and composted 48.6 million pounds, cut out 380 million plastic containers from the waste stream, and preventing the release of 70,875 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E) into the atmosphere > that is equivalent to preventing annual emissions from 15,047 cars! This year, three campus winners will be recognized for each main competition category (Diversion, Per Capita, Zero Waste, Food Organics) according to the Carnegie Classification for size – 1) Small/Very Small, 2) Medium, and 3) Large/Very Large. This change will level the playing field and allow for more campuses to have the opportunity to win!

As we all know the upcoming 2020-2021 academic year will be challenging. All campuses are welcome to compete in the CR2ZW 2021 this spring (Feb-March), however if unable to compete due to capacity reasons, safety reasons, or there is simply a significantly less amount of trash and recyclables on campus to track – that is OK. Please check out the “Beyond the Competition” opportunities.

Learn more about the CR2ZW 2021 Competition at www.recyclemania.org.

Register for the CR2ZW Competition.