Recyclemania Archive

  • IIT Community Electronic Waste Collection Event this Saturday, March 9

    March 8, 2013
    IIT will hold a Community Electronic Waste Collection event from 9 am - 1 pm this Saturday, March 9. Please bring any and all unwanted electronics, including: laptops · computers · tablets · televisions · cellphones · printers · monitors · DVD players · video game consoles · scanners · computer mice · fax machines · keyboards · and anything else with a plug!

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  • RecycleMania is Here

    January 31, 2013
    RecycleMania is a competition for colleges and universities to reduce waste that runs from February 3 - March 30. IIT will compete with other schools around the country by reporting their recycling amounts compared to total waste output.

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  • Recyclemania Week 4 Results

    March 9, 2012
    Recyclemania continues until April 1, though week 4 has brought in less than expected results. Let's kick up our recycling and make sure we're putting the correct materials in each bin!

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  • Recyclemania Efforts Continue at IIT

    February 20, 2012
    IIT students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to continue to step up their recycling habits, especially during this year's Recyclemania competition! Over the past week, we've exceeded our baseline recycling ratio to trash, but we have a ways to go in order to work up to our goal of 45%.

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  • Help IIT Become Illinois’ #1 Recycler in Recyclemania Competition

    February 6, 2012
    February 5 marked the start of Recyclemania, an eight-week competition among universities in the United States and Canada to see who can recycle the most (by volume and per capita). IIT placed second in the state of Illinois in 2011 and we are looking to take the top spot this time around.

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