<div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><font color="#000000"><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Forwarded message from Tang Hall's very own environmental rep:</b></div>
<div><br></div><div>Dear Tang residents,</div></font></font><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><font color="#000000">We're in the midst of a battle – one waged for the sake of resource conservation, determined by sheer recycling prowess, and all about ego: Recyclemania! A 10-week international recycling competition, Recyclemania is fought college <span style="font-family:Helvetica">à</span> college, and we, as a part of MIT, are vying for bragging rights (slash) recognition that we are a recycling powerhouse – but we only have 6 more weeks to prove it!</font></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre">What can you do to help? Put everyday<span style="white-space:normal"> recyclables like <span style="text-decoration:underline">bottles, cans, paper, and plastic container in the large blue bins</span> on each floor (but, please no trash, and make sure whatever you toss is clean, so the whole bin doesn't get tossed due to contamination). If you have any questions about what you can and can't recycle, just ask, or check out this very exhaustive link:</span></span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/facilities/environmental/reuse.html" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/facilities/environmental/reuse.html</a></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><font color="#000000"><br>
</font></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><font color="#000000">The scores for Week 1 just came out – here they are, broken down by competition category (MIT's in four):</font></font></div><div><br>
</div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">1. <b>Grand Champion (Judged by recycling rate: How much are we recycling compared to the total waste we generate?)</b></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><b><span style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-weight:normal">28.6%</span><span style="font-weight:normal;white-space:pre"> for Week 1</span></b></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ranking: 72 out of 179 schools<br></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">2. <b>Per Capita Classic (How much paper, cardboard, cans and bottles are we recycling per person?)</b></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><b><span style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-weight:normal">2.39 lbs per person<span style="white-space:pre"> for Week 1</span></span></b></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ranking: 37 out of 243<br>
</font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">3. <b>Waste Minimization (How much waste, recyclables and trash combined, are we generating per person? Here, less is more.)</b></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><b><span style="white-space:pre"><span style="font-weight:normal"> 8.28 lbs per person for Week 1</span></span><br></b></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ranking: 120 out of 156<br>
</span></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre">4. <b>Gorilla Prize (How much, by weight, are we recycling? Big schools have an obscene advantage in this one.)</b></span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"><b><span style="white-space:pre"> </span><span style="font-weight:normal">50,024 lbs for Week 1</span><br></b></span></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ranking: 26 out of 243</span></font></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';white-space:pre">Over all, not terrible, but c'mon. Tang can't take this lying down. Eventually, data will also come out about how Tang is doing recycling-wise relative to the other grad dorms, too, so if you've ever wanted to become more serious about recycling, now's the time. </span></div>
<div><br></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">For more info, check out MIT's Recyclemania page:</font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/recyclemania/Site/Welcome.html" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/recyclemania/Site/Welcome.html</a></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br></font></div><font color="#888888"><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">-Alison Takemura</font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">Floor and Environmental Rep</font></div>
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