School Name:

Dartmouth College

School RecycleMania/Recycling Web Site:

Spring Break Dates:

3/18-3/28

Year Recycling Program Started:

1989

Number of Students Living On-Campus:

2,725

Number of Residence Halls:

40

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% (whole campus)

Total On-Campus Population:

Total Number of On-Campus Buildings:

Current Recycling Percentage for all On-Campus Facilities:

Recyclables Currently Recycled:

Recycling Goals:

• Improve recycling percentage.
• Improve compost program.
• Increase awareness and education about waste reduction and energy conservation.

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

Dartmouth College volunteer students will move recyclables from Waste Warriors on each floor in residence halls to the basement consolidation area. Custodians will move recyclables outside on designated days for pick up by the college’s truck crew. Recyclables from dining areas will be moved to basement consolidation areas and then outside by the building custodians. All recyclable material will be collected and consolidated in 90-gallon toters, which will then be rolled onto trucks and weighed. Previously these trucks have been weighed with full toters (separately with glass, paper, plastic and cardboard) to establish baseline measurements. When the toters are full the predetermined baseline weights will be applied and given to Elizabeth Ashworth, the Solid Waste Manager, who will then calculate the weight of recyclables per student living in the 40 residence halls on a weekly basis for the period of the competition. Recyclables from the two main dining halls will be collected and weighed in the same fashion. These numbers will be used to calculate pounds recycled per student. Dartmouth College has 2,725 students living on campus as of January 1st, 2004.