Detailed Breakdown of

UNC's Final RecycleMania Standings

2008

Gorilla Prize Standings

In this competition schools are competing to see who can collect the highest gross tonnage of recyclables, regardless of campus population.

5th out of 171 participants

North Carolina: 1st out of 6 participants
Atlantic Coast Conference: 1st out of 6 participants
Public Universities: 3rd out of 101 participants
Volume-to-Weight Conversion (Measurement Method): 1st out of 61 participants

Targeted Material-Corrugated Cardboard

In this competition schools are competing to see who can recycle the largest amount of corrugated cardboard per person.

15th out of 160 participants

North Carolina: 1st out of 6 participants
Atlantic Coast Conference: 1st out of 6 participants
Public Universities: 7th out of 88 participants
Volume-to-Weight Conversion (Measurement Method): 6th out of 49 participants

Grand Champion

Schools participating in both the Per Capita Classic and the Waste Minimization competitions are eligible to become the Grand Champion of RecycleMania. The Grand Champion will be the school that, based on their combined results, demonstrates the greatest achievement in both source reduction and recycling.
 

15th out of 88 participants

North Carolina: 1st out of 3 participant
Atlantic Coast Conference: 2nd out of 5 participants
Public Universities: 7th out of 40 participants
Volume-to-Weight Conversion (Measurement Method): 5th out of 23 participants

Targeted Material-Food Service Organics Standings

In this competition schools are competing to see who can recycle the largest amount of food service organics per person.

17th out of 45 participants

North Carolina: 1st out of 2 participants
Atlantic Coast Conference: 1st out of 3 participants
Public Universities: 4th out of 20 participants
Volume-to-Weight Conversion (Measurement Method): 2nd out of 15 participants

Targeted Material-Bottles and Cans

In this competition schools are competing to see who can recycle the largest amount of bottles and cans per person.

*(note: UNC-Chapel Hill recycles mostly plastic bottles, which makes our bottles out of cans weights lighter than many other universities)*

34th out of 161 participants

North Carolina: 3rd out of 6 participants
Atlantic Coast Conference: 2nd out of 7 participants
Public Universities: 10th out of 81 participants
Volume-to-Weight Conversion (Measurement Method): 12th out of 49 participants

Per Capita Classic

In this competition schools are competing to see who can collect the largest amount of acceptable recyclables per person.

36th out of 180 participants

North Carolina: 1st out of 5 participants
Atlantic Coast Conference: 2nd out of 6 participants
Public Universities: 12th out of 91 participants
Volume-to-Weight Conversion (Measurement Method): 10th out of 55 participants

Targeted Material-Paper Standings

In this competition schools are competing to see who can recycle the largest amount of paper per person.

42nd out of 163 participants

North Carolina: 2nd out of 7 participants
Atlantic Coast Conference: 2nd out of 6 participants
Public Universities: 15th out of 84 participants
Volume-to-Weight Conversion (Measurement Method): 10th out of 46 participants

Waste Minimization

In this competition schools are competing to see who produces the least amount of municipal solid waste (including both recyclables and trash) per person.

45th out of 95 participants

North Carolina: 2nd out of 3 participants
Atlantic Coast Conference: 2nd out of 4 participants
Public Universities: 32nd out of 42 participants
Volume-to-Weight Conversion (Measurement Method): 15th out of 27 participants

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