Through March 29: Help UTSA place high in RecycleMania competition
Share this Story(March 11, 2014) -- As of March 7, UTSA is ranked 38th in the nation among 248 colleges and universities competing in the Grand Champion category in RecycMania. The annual RecycleMania challenge runs through March 29. UTSA faculty, staff and students are encouraged to do their part to help UTSA increase its recycled materials and reduce waste generation.
>> The UTSA community and friends are invited to bring paper documents for shredding from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, March 20 at the parking lot between the Ximenes Garage and H-E-B University Center on the Main Campus. A Ranger Shredding Services truck will be available to shred paper including sensitive documents. This will help in the RecycleMania competition and supports UTSA's recycling goals.
RecycleMania involves colleges and universities across North America competing to increase their percentage of recycled materials in relation to total waste. The RecycleMania counting period is Feb. 2-March 29.
Last year, in UTSA's first entry in the Grand Champion competition division, UTSA ranked 27th among 523 participating colleges and universities with 54.8 percent of our total waste being recycled. This year's goal is to place UTSA in the top 25. The Grand Champion category combines trash and each of the core recyclable materials to determine a school's recycling rate as a percentage of its overall waste generation.
To be ranked in this category, schools must provide the weights of their trash, paper, cardboard, cans and bottles. The winner will have the highest recycling rate.
RecycleMania is a friendly competition sponsored by the U.S. EPA, ALCOA, SCA, The Coca Cola Company, Keep America Beautiful, American Forest and Paper, and the College and University Recycling Coalition.
We thank the UTSA community for participating in this annual event. Please continue to recycle your used cardboard, paper, aluminum, and plastic and glass beverage containers. Recycling helps our environment and saves natural resources. The more we recycle, the better it is for our future.
>> For more information, visit the RecycleMania website or the UTSA EHSRM website. We Are UTSA... We Recycle!
Events
Join the PEACE Center and Wellbeing Services for Denim Day, a day of learning about the importance of consent and why we wear denim on the last Wednesday of the month each April during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Stop by our Denim Day display to take a photo in front of our Denim Wall, spin the "Is It Consent?" Wheel, and get a Concha or goodie.
Student Union Window Lounge, Main CampusLearn to use Zotero®, a citation manager that can help you store and organize citations you find during your research. Zotero can generate bibliographies in various styles, insert in-text citations and allow you to share sources with collaborators.
Virtual EventThis event will acknowledge graduating seniors from the McNair Scholars program at UTSA before inducting the new cohort of scholars into the program.
North Paseo Building (NPB 5.140), Main CampusAt this memorable celebration, UTSA graduates will be introduced one-by-one to cross the stage and accept their doctoral degrees.
Arts Building Recital Hall, Main CampusRoadrunner Walk is an event for graduating students to have a memorable walk on campus to celebrate an important milestone and their achievements. Graduates will walk along the Paseo while being celebrated by the UTSA community, friends, and family members.
Student Union Paseo, Main CampusCelebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.
Alamodome, 100 Montana St.Celebrate the accomplishments of Alvarez College of Business, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.
Alamodome, 100 Montana St.
