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March 3, 2009,
Volume 55, No. 24
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Trash Talk: Panel Discussion on Recycling
Trash Talk, Thursday, March 5, noon at World Cafe Live (hosted by WXPN); $8 Lunch Special!
As part of RecycleMania, Penn is hosting Trash Talk, a panel discussion on recycling at Penn. Panel members will provide a short explanation on recycling issues in each of their respective areas, followed by questions from the audience. Seating is available for those who don’t wish to eat, but if you choose to lunch while you listen, the Cafe is offering an $8 lunch special.
Moderator: Bob Bombera, WXPN
Panelists:
Dan Garofalo, Sustainability Coordinator (FRES)
Ken Ogawa, Director of Operations (FRES)
JoAnn Murphy, Director of Purchasing (Penn Purchasing)
Kyle Rosato, Associate Director of Environmental Programs (Environmental Health & Radiation Safety)
Amy Phillips, Senior IT Project Leader (Information Systems & Computing)
Ashley Templeton, Co-chair, Penn Environmental Group
Shannon Detweiler, Blue Mountain Recycling
We are halfway through RecycleMania—check out how Penn is doing! We are closer to our overall campus goal of a 30% recycling rate! The results from January 18 to February 21 show Penn running better than last year when our recycling rate was 18%. Here is how we stack up against our Ivy peers.
Rank |
School Name |
Cumulative Recycling Rate (%) |
1 |
Cornell |
30.70% |
2 |
Stanford |
29.01% |
3 |
Harvard |
28.45% |
4 |
Princeton |
28.41% |
5 |
Yale |
24.06% |
6 |
Penn |
22.31% |
7 |
MIT |
20.26% |
8 |
Brown |
19.37% |
How Does RecycleMania Work? The recycling rate is calculated by the National Recycling Coalition based upon weights submitted from each school during any given week of the competition:
Total weight of cans, bottles, plastics, paper, cardboard is divided by the Total weight of trash plus cans, bottles, plastics, paper and cardboard.
For more information check out www.recyclemania.org.
How can you participate and help Penn reach its goal? If you recycle, you score points for Penn. If you would like help improving the recycling effort for your College House or your office contact Penn’s RecycleMania 2009 team at recyclemania@pobox.upenn.edu. We’ll be happy to assist with information, planning events, helping to answer questions or solving recycling problems.
And check out our website, www.upenn.edu/recyclemania—it’s loaded with info on events/posters you can download and information about what you can do to help Penn recycle!
—RecycleMania Planning Committee
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