2008 Recyclemania team at the kick-off event in Commons

Lucy Piacenza and Pat Provencher discuss pizza boxes - recycle or not? (recycle it is the answer!)

During the kick-off students answer trivia questions and get to spin the wheel for prizes

Weekly results are charted and displayed in the New Commons

2007 Recyclemania team with scoreboard

In 2006, Bates competed in the national Recyclemania! Competition to see how much we could recycle per capita compared to other schools across America.

In 2007, we localized the competition. Starting in February, Recyclemania! pitted dorm against dorm and house against house to see who could recycle the most per capita. Students in the dorm and house that recycled the most each won a $5 gift certificate to Nezinscot Farm.

We also engaged Bowdoin and Colby in a friendly campus-wide competition, where the winner gets bragging rights until the next year.