Campus Race to Zero Waste 2024
About Campus Race to Zero Waste
Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly RecycleMania) is an eight-week friendly competition and benchmarking tool for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction across campuses. During the course of the competition, Endicott tracked and reported the amount of recycling, organics (food waste), and trash collected each week. We were ranked in various categories based on the amount recycled per capita basis, diversion rate (recycling as a percentage of total waste), and the volume of combined trash and recycling produced. The competition runs from January 28 to March 23, with two “preseason” weeks starting on January 14 to pilot weekly reporting from Dynamic and Agri-Cycle. Each of the eight weeks features 1-3 events targeting different waste reduction themes.
Let’s see how much Endicott can reduce, reuse, and recycle over the next two months! Follow @SustainableEndicott to get involved and check back to this site often for updated event information.
Click here for more information on Campus Race to Zero Waste.
Learn more about Endicott College’s sustainability initiatives and meet the team!
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Week 1: Waste Not, Want Not! (Jan 28-Feb 3)
Events
Show the Waste (Monday, January 29 from 11:30a.m.–1:30 p.m. | Callahan Dining Center)
How much food waste do we produce at lunch? Join us in Callahan to watch as the waste piles up, which will make you think carefully about how much you load on your plate. Guess how many pounds of food will be on the table at the end to win a prize!
Freecycle Thrift Store Collection
Tuesday January 30 from 12:30–1:30 p.m. in Lower Callahan
and Wednesday January 31 from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in LSB Lobby
Our 3rd Annual Freecycle Thrift Store is on Monday, February 12! If you have any items that you would like to donate, we will be collecting them after winter break at the following times and locations. Donation boxes will also be placed in College Hall, Wax Academic Center, the LSB Lobby, Lower Callahan, and the following residential halls: Endicott, Brindle, Frates, Standish, Stoneridge, Marblehead, Bayview, and Kennedy.
"Wall-E" Movie Night (Thursday, February 1 at 7 p.m. | Lower Callahan)
Come down to LowerCallahan to watch Disney’s WALL-E! WALL-E is short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, WALL-E is the last robot left on Earth and he spends his days cleaning up the planet. This is until he meets EVE, a scanning probe sent back to Earth. Join Wall-E on his adventure across the galaxy with Eve!
Game Day Basketball Challenge (Saturday February 3, 3 p.m. | MacDonald Gymnasium)
Cheer on the Men’s Basketball team as they take on Hartford, and take a shot at reducing game-time waste! Which team will do the best at recycling per capita? Compete in halftime challenges to win!
Results
Diversion: 15th out of 54 schools (46.235% diversion rate)
Per Capita Recycling: 6th out of 60 schools (2.799lbs/person)
Organics: 10th out of 84 schools (71.67 points)
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Week 2: Reduce (Feb 4-10)
Events
Unpacked Living w/ Sabrina Auclair (Monday February 5, 9-10 a.m. | BUS300 Entrepreneurship Class)
Sabrina Auclair will be joining the BUS300 Entrepreneurship class to share tips on how she fulfilled her dreams of becoming a business owner. She will talk about what it has been like to start a small, green business that focuses on waste reduction.
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Week 3: Reuse (Feb 11-17)
Events
Endicott Freecycle Thrift Store (Monday, February 12, 3-5 p.m. | Lower Callahan)
Come down to Lower Callahan to the Endicott Freecycle Thrift Store and Professional Clothing Closet! Shop donated items from Endicott community members, including recycled items such as clothes, office supplies, and home decor. Suggested $5 voluntary entry fee to benefit Beverly Bootstraps– items are free!
Mug Shots (Tuesday, February 13 in Lower Callahan and Thursday February 15 in Eats Cafe from 1-2 p.m.)
Do you have a reusable mug, iced coffee cup, or water bottle? Find us to get your “mugshot” taken! Snap a mugshot with your reusable mug or water bottle, post it on Instagram, and tag @sustainableendicott for a chance to win a prize! Mugshots will be shared from the Sustainable Endicott Instagram on Friday, February 16th!
Results
Diversion: 17th out of 67 schools (44.252% diversion rate)
Per Capita Recycling: 7th out of 79 schools (7.428 lbs per person)
Organics: 14th out of 85 schools (71.62 points)
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Week 4: Recycle (Feb 20-26)
Events
Sustainable Business Card Making (Wednesday, February 21 from 12–1 p.m. and 5–6 p.m. | LSB Makerspace JSC 405)
Students, faculty, and staff- do you have a stack of business cards wasting away? Join members of the Makers Club and Engineering faculty to make your own custom, reusable business card! Participants will also get to see a 3D printing demo, and a display of what’s really inside your electronice and how these components get recycled.
Residence Hall Recycling Competition Begins
Which Residence Hall can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most at Endicott College? Residence Halls across campus will compete to see which hall can divert the most waste from the landfill and produce the most recycling per capita (per person)! The winning hall will receive an Ice Cream Social for all residents!
Office Waste Reduction Competition Begins
Which office can collect the most redeemable bottles and cans at Endicott College? Sign up here to participate in the 3rd faculty and staff team waste reduction competition! The team with the most items will win a lunch covered by the Office of Sustainability and all funds raised will be donated to nonprofit Keep America Beautiful.
Week 4 Scores
Diversion: 18th out of 69 schools, 44.79% diversion rate
Per Capita Recycling: 7th out of 81 schools, 10.343 lbs. per person
Organics: 6 out of 103, 76.64 points
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Week 5: Specialty Recycling (Feb 25-Mar 2)
Events
Recycling Game Pop-Up Tables (Monday, February 26 from 12:30–2 p.m. | Various Locations)
Find the OOS staff at tables in EATS and Upper Callahan to play quick and challenging recycling-themed games. Prizes include sustainable swag, Pela phone cases, and more!
Final Week of Residence Hall Recycling Competition
Which Residence Hall can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most at Endicott College? Residence Halls across campus will compete to see which hall can divert the most waste from the landfill and produce the most recycling per capita (person)! The winning hall will receive an Ice Cream Social for all residents!
Final Week of Office Waste Reduction Competition
Which office can collect the most redeemable bottles and cans at Endicott College? Sign up here to participate in the 3rd faculty and staff team waste reduction competition! The team with the most items will win a sustainable gift basket, and all funds raised will be donated to nonprofit Keep America Beautiful.
Results
Diversion: 22nd out of 72 schools (43.569%)
Per Capita Recycling: 6th out of 84 (12.580 pounds per person)
Organics: 15th out of 85 (71.71 points)
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Week 6: Zero Waste (Mar 3-9)
Event
Zero Waste Challenge
Have you ever wondered how much waste you produce, or where it goes? Take the Zero Waste Challenge to find out! Over the course of the week (March 4th-8th), you’ll learn a lot about how your decision-making may change when your waste is connected to you. Sign up to participate, and pick up your Challenge Kit from the Sustainability Office on Friday 3/1- all participants will be entered to win $30.
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Week 7: Almost The End...But not for Waste Reduction! (March 10-16)
Event
Thrifty Thursday (Thursday, March 14)
Wear something you have thrifted, and send a picture of your thrifted 'fit to @sustainableendicott!
Library Display Table (All Week)
Swing by Halle Library to check out some awesome and informational books about waste reduction and sustainability!
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Week 8: Instagram Takeover (Mar 18-22)
Instagram Story Takeovers from OOS Student Staff
Students from the OOS Staff will take over the Sustainable Endicott Instagram account and walk the followers through a sustainable day in their life!
Ongoing Events
Residence Hall Recycling Competition
(Weeks 4–5, February 18–March 2)
Which Residence Hall can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most at Endicott College? Residence Halls across campus will compete to see which hall can divert the most waste from the landfill and produce the most recycling per capita (person)! The winning hall will receive an Ice Cream Social for all residents!
Office Recycling Competition
(Weeks 4–5, February 18–March 2)
Which office can collect the most redeemable bottles and cans at Endicott College? Sign up here to participate in the 3rd faculty and staff team waste reduction competition! The team with the most items will win a lunch covered by the Office of Sustainability and all funds raised will be donated to nonprofit Keep America Beautiful.
Results will be posted each week!