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Conn College ranks No. 1 in Connecticut in RecycleMania 2006
April 14, 2006
For immediate release - April 14, 2006 Contact: Nina Lentini (860) 439-2505; nina.lentini@conncoll.edu
In first try, Connecticut College ranks No. 1 in Connecticut in RecycleMania 2006
NEW LONDON, Conn. - In its first foray into the national RecycleMania contest, Connecticut College emerged No. 1 in the state, recycling 56 pounds of waste per person over the 10-week competition.
The college beat Wesleyan and Yale universities, who recycled 30 and 24 pounds per person, respectively.
Connecticut College also was No. 1 among participating New England Small College Athletic Conference schools and No. 5 out of 87 colleges and universities across the country.
Amy Cabaniss, campus environmental coordinator, said she was very pleased. "We had a strong showing of about six pounds of recyclables per person in the first six weeks of the competition," she said. "During our two-week spring break, naturally, our weekly counts fell (to less than two pounds per person). But we bounced back, doubling our efforts and came together as a campus during the final weeks (marking 11 pounds per person in Week 10). It was great that so many on campus were a part of that effort and to see the results."
In announcing the results, RecycleMania organizers said, "Congratulations to the Connecticut College Camels, who ranked high in all of the Targeted Materials areas." In those areas, Connecticut College ranked:
• No. 2 (of 17 participants) in Food Service Organics • No. 3 (of 61 participants) in Bottles and Cans • No. 4 (of 62 participants) in Paper • No. 8 (of 57 participants) in Corrugated Cardboard
RecycleMania, which ran from Jan. 29 through April 8, included 87 participating schools from 33 states across the country The main goal of the event was to increase awareness of campus recycling and waste minimization.
A tradition of environmental awareness and caretaking at Connecticut College goes back before the dawn of Earth Day, when the college in 1969 established one of the nation's first environmental majors, "human ecology," now called "environmental studies." The college's arboretum includes 750 acres of natural areas that are used by faculty and students for environmental research projects - and provide an oasis of greenery for the public.
In 1998, Newsweek recognized the college's Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies as "one of the best environmental studies programs in the United States." Four years ago, students voted to pay an annual fee for renewable energy. The purchase of renewable energy credits this year offsets 50 percent of the college's annual electricity consumption.
In 2005, the college's board of trustees approved a new green building policy calling for the college to use recycled building materials in new and renovated buildings as well as systems that use alternative energy sources.
Ranked among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 42 states and 41 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 84-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.
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