School Name:

Bowling Green University

School RecycleMania/Recycling Web Site:

Spring Break Dates:

Year Recycling Program Started:

1986

Number of Students Living On-Campus:

5,831

Number of Residence Halls:

8

Number of On-Campus Apartment Buildings:

0

Number of Dining Halls:

4

Number of "To Go" Food Areas:

Current Recycling Percentage for On-Campus Housing:

28%

Total On-Campus Population:

Total Number of On-Campus Buildings:

Current Recycling Percentage for all On-Campus Facilities:

Recyclables Currently Recycled:

Recycling Goals:

• To get closer to our internal goal of 40% recycling rate
• To promote environmentally sustainable actions on the BGSU campus.

How will your university SPECIFICALLY measure the recyclables? Will you use volume based or actual weight measurements?:

Measurement: BGSU’s students are asked to take recyclable material to the recycling stations located on each floor of all residence halls and to the recycling stations in each dining facility. In residence halls, recyclables will be collected by custodians and then transported to our recycling facility for processing. Dining services staff will collect recyclables for transport to the BG recycling facility by the BG recycling staff. After finishing their collection route they will weigh their trucks again and calculate the tare weight. The weights will be given to Craig Wittig, BG’s Recycling Manager. Weights will be calculated to reflect pounds recycled per student living on-campus. According to Bowling Green’s department of housing there is approximately 5831 people living on-campus as of January 1, 2002. This number will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student.