Winthrop University participates in America Recycles Day.  This was a nationwide event which emphasized recycling and buying recycling products. Faculty, staff and students were given the opportunity to fill out a pledge card through e-mail and by coming by the Student Center on certain days.   Over 390 members of the Winthrop community took the challenge to  recycle and buy recycled products this coming year.  To find out more information about the state and national events click on the links below.

Office of Solid Waste Reduction & Recycling

America Recycles Day

RecycleMania

Winthrop University participates participates in RecycleMania each year.  RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over an 8-week period each spring, colleges across the United States and Canada report the amount of recycling and trash collected each week and are in turn ranked in various categories based on who recycles the most on a per capita basis, as well as which schools have the best recycling rate as a percentage of total waste and which schools generate the least amount of combined trash and recycling.  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.