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BY ISN STAFF<\/strong> |\u00a0June 21, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n

In April 2023, <\/span>Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles became the first school in history to win back-to-back championships<\/span><\/a> in all three major categories for the <\/span>Campus Race to Zero Waste<\/span><\/a>, the nation\u2019s premier waste reduction and recycling competition among colleges and universities. It aims to \u201cinspire, empower, and mobilize colleges and universities to benchmark and improve efforts to reduce or eliminate waste.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the first competition in 2001, LMU has won five national championships. In 2022, the university won the Food Organics, Diversion, and Per Capita categories for medium-sized schools, and became the first school to repeat all three categories again in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Image: Loyola Marymount University<\/p><\/div>\n

For the 2022-23 academic year, LMU recycled 76.96% of its total waste, or 51.99 pounds per person on campus. The school also reduced 1,005 metric tons of CO2, the equivalent of 87 households\u2019 energy consumption, or getting 197 cars off the road.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Campus Race to Zero Waste challenge saw 3.4 million students and staff across the country compete to reduce campus waste footprints. The minimization efforts resulted in the donation, composting, and recycling of more than 29.4 million pounds of waste, including keeping over 200 million single-use plastic containers out of landfills.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe impact these colleges and universities have on reducing their waste footprint is tremendous and almost hard to comprehend,\u201d said Kristy Jones, director of higher education programs at National Wildlife Federation, which managed this year\u2019s event. \u201cThe collective efforts to minimize waste and reduce stress on natural resources is inspiring and creating a better world for wildlife and the environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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