Mountaineers Recycle Program
In partnership with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority, WE CAN participates in the Mountaineers Recycle Program in which volunteers distribute recycling kits to fans and tailgaters in the parking lots outside the WVU football stadium. The recycling kits provide enough recycling bags for the entire season in which fans can place their empty aluminum cans and plastic bottles. All recycling proceeds benefit WVU Children’s Hospital. Volunteers meet four hours prior to the start of each game and finish right before kickoff. Each volunteer receives a free T-shirt for participation. If you would like to volunteer, CLICK HERE!For more information, contact Brett White in the Center for Civic Engagement at (304) 293-8761 or brett.white@mail.wvu.edu.
Results
After 13 home football games with over 763,000 people in attendance, Mountaineers Recycle produced the following results from the 2007 and 2008 seasons:
- Recycled 36,482 pounds of 358,000 bottles/cans
- Saved 132 trees; 195,000 kilowatt-hours; 9,000 gallons of oil; 7,800 gallons of gasoline; and equivalent of 68 metric tons of carbon dioxide from being released
- Raised $5,100.00 for WVU Children’s Hospital
