RecycleMania

RecycleMania is a friendly 10 week competition between colleges and universities across the nation who get ranked based on the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, and the least amount of trash per capita of their campus population. MCC is competing in the Benchmark Category and we are taking our college to the next competition level in terms of reporting specific weights for bottles, card board, paper, and food wastes along with total single stream recycling which is what MCC primarily does. Here is the website to the competition overview: http://www.recyclemaniacs.org/overview.htm

MCC needs your help with RecycleMania. Here is what you can do:

• Recycle any paper, plastic, cans, card-board, and corrugated boxes into your single-stream bins from now thru April 2^nd. There are large trashcans on most floors of most buildings for recycling. Any of the yellow dumpsters on campus are single stream recycling units as well.
• Deliver any glass you have to the Science Building and leave in the main foyer of the science building in a blue recycle bin labeled as Glass. The glass container will be available starting Valentine’s Day. Environmental Science students will recycle the glass for their course recycling projects after weighing them each week.
  
• Yes, you can bring your recyclables from home but they must make it to campus every week by Tuesday to be counted in that week’s statistics.

Our goal is to recycle 10% more than we did last year. We can do it!!!!!

Keep Waco Beautiful Compost and Mulch Sale, Saturday, November 6, 2010

Shred Day is Friday, November 5, 2010!

MCC’s Sustainability Committee invites you to participate in the bi-annual shred day which is this Friday. Each year, we will have two separate campus-wide shred day events. The goal of this event is to help serve employees by allowing a safe and secure way to purge or remove sensitive paper documents while helping to protect the environment at the same time. Paper makes up over 37% of the Waco Landfill’s waste profile and MCC is committed to sustainable practices to help extend the life of our landfill. Please join MCC on Friday to help preserve our environment!

• When do I go? Friday, November 5th from 9:00 am – 11:00 am

• Where do I go? Open area behind the MAC building (look for the Certishred Truck)

• What can I bring? Any paper goods including sensitive files such as grades, tests, or other materials you need destroyed. You are not required to remove staples. Just bring your paper goods and Certishred will take care of the rest!

• What if I can’t make it? If you have class or meetings during the event or if you need physical assistance handling your paper goods, contact Sid Ross directly at 299-8849 by 2 pm this Wednesday and he will arrange for a physical plant employee to come to your building prior to the event.

• Off-site Facilities: Contact Sid Ross directly at 299-8849 by 2 pm this Wednesday and he will arrange for a physical plant employee to come to your building to pick up your materials prior to the event.

The next Shred Day scheduled for April 1, 2011.