Lycoming Places First Among PA Colleges in
RecycleMania Competition

 
The Environmental Biology Class at the Lycoming County Recycling Plant.

Lycoming College students, faculty and staff placed first in the state and 11^th in the nation [in Targeted Material-Bottles and Cans] in the Seventh Annual RecycleMania competition. 

Final results show that Lycoming College recycled an average of 11 lbs of materials per student during the ten-week competition that concluded last week. The College currently recycles glass, cans, plastic, paper and cardboard materials.

“Anything recycled and kept out of the landfill extends the ability of the county to maintain a place for trash generated in Lycoming County,” said Dr. Mel Zimmerman, Chair of the Lycoming College Biology Department. “Recycling pays.”

This year a record number of 201 colleges and universities competed in RecylceMania in the nation, including 11 higher education institutions from Pennsylvania. For complete results, visit www.recyclemaniacs.org.

RecycleMania is organized by university recycling coordinators with administrative support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WasteWise program and the National Recycling Coalition (NRC). The competition is endorsed by NRC’s College and University Recycling Council (CURC), and the National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program.