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SUMMARY:Ecolympics 2026
CONTACT:Gillian Mathauer\, (678) 943-9065\, email:gillian.mathauer@louisvil
 le.edu
DESCRIPTION:February 1st - March 28th\nTwo fun sustainability competitions 
 to get you engaged in saving our one green planet!\n\nPost your sustainabl
 e actions and tag @UofLSustainable or submit them through our online form
  to win the Grand Prize, or one of the fabulous weekly prize baskets!\n\
 n\nCampus Race To Zero Waste! - February 1 - March 28, 2026\nA friendly a
 nnual competition among North American universities. During this 8 week pe
 riod, UofL will compete to reduce waste, increase recycling & composting, 
 and raise conservation awareness across all three campuses! Keep up with t
 he Cards progress at the Campus Race website.\n\n\n	REDUCE, REUSE & RECYC
 LE! Help the Cards to victory by avoiding disposables (bring your own m
 ug, bottle, plate, etc.), donating useful stuff to the UofL Free Store i
 nstead of throwing it away, and fully utilizing UofL’s amazingly easy, s
 ingle-stream recycling system that lets you recycle everything in the same
  bin, everywhere on campus: all types of plastic, paper, cardboard, metal
 , and glass! Details on what you can recycle at UofL here.\n	COMPOST! Turn
  trash into treasure just by composting your food scraps and soiled paper 
 products in the compost bins at the Garden Commons next to the Baptist Cen
 ter and the Urban & Public Affairs Garden behind Bettie Johnson Hall. Requ
 est a compost caddy for your room through our online request form! If it c
 ame from a plant, we want to compost it: fruit & vegetable wastes/peels/r
 inds/seeds, baked goods, grains, tea bags, coffee grounds/filters, and all
  kinds of soiled paper products (tissues, towels, napkins, plates, cups, e
 tc.). We are always collecting food wastes for composting from The Ville 
 Grill, SAC Marketplace, and other campus dining locations and will be addi
 ng those numbers to UofL's organics recycling totals in the Campus Race to
  Zero Waste.\n\n\n\n	RECYCLE E-WASTE!\n	Don't send your old electronics to
  the landfill! We will have special collection points set up in the follow
 ing locations Feb. 18 - March 13:\n	     BAB (1st floor lobby)\n	 
     SAC W310\n	     Duthie Center at Speed School of Engineering (
 1st floor Study Area, SE corner)\n	     HSC Kornhauser Library (1st f
 loor lobby behind elevators)\n	     >> There will also be a special Dr
 ive-up Drop-off Collection on Thursday Feb. 26th, 8am-11am on the north 
 side of the Clinical & Translational Research Building at HSC. Due to rai
 n, this year we will be loading items into the box truck for recycling at 
 the CTR Loading Dock (618 E Muhammad Ali Blvd). The contact for the Drive
 -up Drop-off is Skip Hurley (502) 599-6228.\n	Stop by any time to drop of
 f any of the following types of electronics for recycling: all computers,
  monitors, televisions, printers, copiers, scanners, servers, networking
  equipment, fax machines, telephones and cellphones, RAM/memory, hard dr
 ives, battery backups, and peripherals such as keyboards, mice, speakers, 
 AC adapters, and mixed computer cables/wires. Separate bins will also be a
 vailable for recycling of any type of batteries, lamps/bulbs, or ink/toner
  cartridges.\n\n\n\nResident Race! - February 9 - March 1, 2026\nLive on c
 ampus? Win with conservation! UofL residence halls will compete among each
  other to see who can reduce electricity use the most over three weeks. Th
 e winning hall will earn a pizza party, sponsored by RHA! All you have to 
 do is stop wasting energy! Turn off lights, fans, space heaters, TVs, game
  consoles, etc.; unplug anything you're not actively using (especially emp
 ty refrigerators); skip the elevator for the stairs; close windows tightly
 ; wait until you have a full load to do laundry & wash with cold water; dr
 y clothes on a rack/line; take shorter showers or shower with solar power 
 at the SRC; etc. Keep up with the Race on UofL's Building Dashboard, where
  you can see how much electricity your hall is using and learn how you can
  conserve! Halls in the competition include:\n\n\n	Bettie Johnson Hall\n	C
 ommunity Park (real-time data!) \n	Kurz Hall (real-time data!)\n	Louisv
 ille Hall (real-time data!)\n	Unitas Hall (real-time data!)\n	University
  Tower Apartments (UTA)\n	Belknap Village North\n	Belknap Village South\n\
 n\n\nPrizes:\n\n\n	Weekly prizes: At the end of each of the eight weeks o
 f Ecolympics, one person who has shared their sustainable action(s) will r
 eceive a themed gift basket!\n	Grand Prize: One impressive Cardinal who t
 akes the most sustainable actions during Ecolympics will take home our gra
 nd prize: a bicycle and helmet.\n	Post your sustainable actions and tag @U
 ofLSustainable or submit them through our online form throughout Februar
 y & March to be entered into the competition! New winners will be picked e
 ach week! Enter as often as you can!\n\n\n\nEcolympics Events:\n\n\n	Upcyc
 led Valentine Workshop\n	Tuesday, Feb. 10th, 12:30-2pm, SAC W118A\n	T-shir
 t Bag Workshop\n	Tuesday, March 3rd, 1-2:30pm, UofL Free Store (Honors Hou
 se 108)
URL:https://events.stage.louisville.edu/events/ecolympics-2026/2026-02-04
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