For the second year in a row, UMW finished first in Virginia in the annual RecycleMania competition. It also placed fourth in the nation. The top-10 finish came among 330 schools in the “per capita” category, which measures the percentage of recycling per person.
UMW’s recycling efforts resulted in a greenhouse gas reduction of 343 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. That produces the same effect as removing 67 cars from the road or eliminating the energy consumption of 30 households, according to UMW Director of Landscape and Grounds Joni Wilson ’00.