by Brianna Crandall — September 10, 2010—As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2010 Game Day Challenge, colleges across the country will compete to see who can reduce, reuse and recycle the most waste. Registration for the competition is now open and the winning colleges will be announced in November.
Any college or university in the U.S. with a football team can compete, and registration is open through September 30. The challenge is for schools to design a waste reduction plan for one home football game in October and measure the results. Schools can collect common materials for recycling including paper, beverage containers, cardboard, and food to be donated and composted. The amount of waste generated and recycled will determine which school is the greenest.
Schools can win in several categories:
- least amount of waste generated per attendee
- greatest greenhouse gas reductions
- highest recycling rate
- highest organics reduction rate (i.e., food donation and composting)
- highest combined recycling and composting rate.
- greatest greenhouse gas reductions
The competition is sponsored by EPA’s voluntary WasteWise program. Winners will be publicized on EPA’s Web site.
