Campus Race to Zero Waste
Campus Race to Zero Waste is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for colleges and universities. Schools reduce institutional waste through minimization efforts such as donating, anaerobic digestion, composting, recycling and more.
Eight Weeks of Campus Race to Zero Waste
Over an eight-week period in February and March, universities across the United States and Canada compete to see who can recycle the most, who can produce the least amount of waste and more. Schools track the amount of recycling, food organics, and trash collected each week and are in turn ranked in various categories: Per Capita Recycling; Diversion; Zero Waste; and Food Organics. There are also special competition categories including: Electronics Recycling; GameDay Basketball; Race to Zero Waste - One Building Challenge; Green Events; Clean-Up Event; and Case Study Competition. Everyone’s actions to recycle and minimize waste at Â鶹´«Ã½ divert thousands of pounds of waste from landfills, protect the environment, and conserve natural resources.
2024 Campus Race to Zero Waste
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Competition dates: January 28 to March 23
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With each week’s updated ranking, participating schools follow their performance against other colleges and use the results to rally their campus to reduce and recycle more.
How to Help
INDIVIDUALS
- 1) Sign up for Office of Sustainability monthly emails: AND follow on , or
- 2) Make your #ZeroWaste PLEDGE
- 3) Use #FlashesGoGreen on Instagram and Twitter. Tag @KentStateSusty for retweets on twitter.
- Show what you’re doing to REDUCE, REUSE or RECYCLE in February and March on Instagram or Twitter
FREE Resident Assistant Campus Race to Zero Waste Floor Programs
Campus Race to Zero Waste Posters
Digital Screens
E-Cycle Drive
Campus Recycling & Landfill Guides
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Kent State Competitions
Everyone is a participant in Campus Race to Zero Waste. Your actions on campus reducing, reusing and recycling prevent waste from going into landfills and contribute to Kent State's Campus Race to Zero Waste standings.
- Hall-to-Hall Competitions: Halls will have a chance to earn a $200 for their Hall Council. Halls are divided up into competition categories.
- #FlashesGoGreen tagboard: Help promote Kent State’s ongoing recycling efforts and stay connected during Campus Race to Zero Waste by including #FlashesGoGreen on Twitter and Instagram
National Recognition
Throughout the United States and Canada, over 300 colleges and universities are participating in Campus Race to Zero Waste. National recognition is provided to the winning school in each category on the Campus Race to Zero Waste website and in a national press release. Winning schools receive an award made out of recyclable materials, and win the right to host that category’s special traveling trophy for the coming year.
See where Kent State ranks on the virtual scoreboard.
E-Cycle Drive 2024
Â鶹´«Ã½ holds a FREE electronics recycling drop-off event, called E-Cycle Drive, open to students, faculty, staff and the Kent community. E-Cycle Drive is hosted by Kent State's University Facilities Management and the Office of Sustainability. Electronics recycling from the community and the Kent Campus contributes to Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s standings in Campus Race to Zero Waste.
2024 E-Cycle Drive is February 28, and March 6, 13, and 20 from 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Â鶹´«Ã½ R-17 Parking lot, between S. Willow Street and S. Lincoln Street.
Members of both the campus and city of Kent community can recycle used electronics through Infinite Electronics Recycling, LLC, an R2 certified recycler, where materials are handled in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Materials permitted at E-Cycle Drive include: computers, monitors, ipads, tablets, mice, keyboards, printers, scanners, flatscreen TVs, VCRs, DVD players, cell phones, phones, AV equipment, cords, string lights, gaming consoles and controllers, and kitchen appliances smaller than a microwave. Kitchen appliances larger than a microwave are NOT accepted at E-Cycle Drive. Large drop offs by local businesses are accepted but must be scheduled in advance. Call 330-672-8704. For a complete list of accepted items and more information about E-Cycle Drive visit: tinyurl.com/KSUelectronics