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'Recycling with the RedHawks’ men’s basketball vs. Toledo Feb. 11 part of Campus Race to Zero Waste

Giveaways, games, $11 special ticket price; volunteer to help with the post-game waste audit

by Susan Meikle, University Communications and Marketing • Published
Sustainability • Campus Announcements

'Recycling with the RedHawks’ men’s basketball vs. Toledo Feb. 11 part of Campus Race to Zero Waste

by Susan Meikle, University Communications and Marketing • Published

Fans attending the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University men’s basketball game Feb. 11 have a chance to compete with other schools in the GameDay Basketball competition. The competition is based on the diversion rate of recyclables from waste during one home basketball game. 

Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly RecycleMania) — the eight-week national collegiate recycling tournament that aims to increase recycling and minimize waste on campus — kicked off Feb. 2.

Along with the GameDay Basketball, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú is also participating in the Per Capita Recycling category, based on the cumulative weight of recyclables (paper, cardboard, bottles, and cans) on a per person basis during the eight-week period Feb. 2-March 29. 

Renate Crawford, Swoop, Cecil Okotah cheer on the basketball court after wining the "recycle this, not that" contest in 2020
Will ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University Ambassador Dr. Renate Crawford (right) defend her 2020 title in the "Recycle this, not that" game? Find out during halftime at the Recycling with the RedHawks game (image from March 2020 GameDay Basketball by Scott Kissell)

“Thank you to , ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s waste and recycling hauling provider, who will weigh the recyclables each week during the competition,” Olivia Herron, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s director of sustainability, said. 

Rumpke is also sponsor of the Feb. 11 GameDay Basketball, co-sponsored by the city of Oxford and ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s Office of Sustainability.

Before the game — giveaways, information tables

Stop by the information tables on the concourse, including: 

 City of Oxford, Sustainability Coordinator Reena Murphy M.En ‘23

  • Free apartment-sized recycling bins and compost collection buckets, while supplies last.

 Rumpke Waste & Recycling representatives

  • Free (Orange Bag) starter kits.

Butler County Recycling & Solid Waste District 

  • Learn about the county's special programming for hazardous waste and e-waste from Anne Fiehrer Flaig, Solid Waste District Coordinator,

 ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University Office of Sustainability 

  • Stop by and meet Alex Miller, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s new sustainability engagement coordinator. 

 Student organizations 

  • Zero Waste Oxford
  • LEAP (ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú of Environmental Awareness and Protection)

 After the game

  • Interested in volunteering? Sign up on this  to lend a hand, help with the waste audit and weigh the waste.
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