<div class="gmail_quote"><b>Message from Tang Hall's Environment Representative:</b><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><font color="#000000"><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><br></font></div></font></font></div></div><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><font color="#000000">Dear Tang,</font></font><div><br></div>
</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><font color="#000000">Recyclemania continues! The scores for Week 6 (Feb. 21-Feb. 27) just came out – here they are, broken down by competition category. It's time to make a final strong push, since we only have a week and a half more of the competition! So, what are our stats?</font></font></div>
<div><br></div></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><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="font-weight:normal"><span style="white-space:pre"><span><b> </b></span></span>29.21%</span></b></font></div><span><div><span style="white-space:pre"> </span> Ranking: 100 out of 260</div>
</span></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"></font></div></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><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">10.61 lbs per person <span style="font-family:Helvetica">through Week 6</span></span></b></font></div><span><div>
<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> Ranking: 47 out of 340</div></span></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"></font></div></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><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"> <span style="white-space:normal">36.34</span> lbs per person <span style="white-space:normal">through Week 6</span></span></span></b></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ranking: <span style="white-space:normal">158 out of 197</span></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><span>** (Harvard is beating us in all but <i>this ONE category</i> <font size="3"><span style="font-size:11px">–</span></font> here, we're dominating! But even in some of the other categories, Harvard isn't winning by much; we're only 10 places behind them in the Grand Champion division, and we came in 9th to their 8th last year. We can definitely take 'em.)</span></div>
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<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="font-weight:normal;white-space:normal"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>222,216 lbs through Week 6</span></b></span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ranking: 28 out of 340</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><span></span></div></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div><span><b>5. Compost (NEW category!)</b></span></div></div></div><div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"><b><span style="font-weight:normal;white-space:normal"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>0.31 lb per person through Week 6</span></b></span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><span style="white-space:pre"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ranking: 89 out of 115</span></font></div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Verdana"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica"><div>
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</span></font></div></span></span></div><div><div><br></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><span><b>Important recycling reminders:</b></span></div><div><span><br></span></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<ol><li><span>Pizza boxes are NOT recyclable, but they are COMPOSTABLE. Take them to Stata or the Infinite to find compost bins. A great way to start composting yourself is to put your food scraps in a container or tupperware and store it in the freezer (no smell!) until you're ready to take it to a designated bin.</span></li>
<li><span><span><span>Soy milk / soup containers ARE recyclable. </span><span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span><span>Place plastic bags in the special thin, green recycling bin in the Tang lobby to recycle them! They can't be recycled if placed in the big blue bins on each floor. </span></span></span></li>
</ol></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">Please be mindful about correct recycling practices, since contamination with non-recycleables can get the whole bin tossed!</font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">For more info...</font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">MIT's Recyclemania page:</font></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<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><br></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">Recyclemania page:</font></div>
<div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><a href="http://www.recyclemania.org/" target="_blank">http://www.recyclemania.org/</a></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br></font></div><font color="#888888"><div>
<font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br></font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">-Alison Takemura</font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'">Floor and Environmental Rep</font></div><div><font face="'Lucida Grande'"><br>
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