The ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ community will be rallying to recycle before the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ Knights play East Carolina University at 8 p.m. today.
Led by E.Co, the Environmental Coalition at ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½, teams of students, organizations, departments, faculty and staff will compete to collect the most recyclables from game day visitors to Memory Mall.
The competition is part of the , a national competition among colleges and universities to promote waste reduction at football games. For the challenge, the schools implement waste-reduction programs during home football games, tracking the data on waste generated, recyclables collected and attendance that is used to rank the schools.
Todayβs challenge within a challenge will run until 7 p.m. Teams will contribute full bags of recyclables to a βRecycle Mountainβ created by E.Co. on Memory Mall. Bags will be tagged for each group, and the team that collects the most will win a prize.