{"266251":{"#nid":"266251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gameday Recycling Tops ACC for Waste Minimization","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech is a consistent leader in campus environmentalism, most recently ranking first in the Atlantic Coast Conference for Waste Minimization in the 2013 Game Day Challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EIn this nationwide recycling competition, 88 colleges and universities track collections of recyclable materials during home football game days. At Georgia Tech\u2019s seven home football games this season, tailgaters and fans diverted 13.2 tons of bottles and cans from landfills with the help of more than 100 student volunteers, who provided bags at tailgate sites and took collections from fans entering Bobby Dodd Stadium and also from concessions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u201cThe Gameday Recycling Program is a true team effort,\u201d said Cindy Jackson, associate director in the Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling. \u201cWe depend on fans, student volunteers, the Athletic Association, and collaborating departments from across campus to make it a success. Georgia Tech\u2019s true school spirit shines through in the way that everyone embraces the program and makes it part of their gameday experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003ETech\u2019s Gameday Recycling Program began in 2008 and has helped recycle 112.4 tons of material since its inception. This year\u2019s season high happened during Tech\u2019s Homecoming game against Pittsburgh on Nov. 2, when 31 percent of waste generated by tailgaters was recycled. Season averages were 23 percent for tailgaters, and 5 percent for attendees in Bobby Dodd Stadium.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Gameday Recycling Program recycled its 100th ton of waste this season.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Gameday Recycling Program recycled its 100th ton of waste this season."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-01-13 12:05:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:40","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"232281":{"id":"232281","type":"image","title":"Gameday Recycling Tailgater","body":null,"created":"1449243627","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:27","changed":"1475894906","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:26","alt":"Gameday Recycling Tailgater","file":{"fid":"197587","name":"gdr_tailgater_with_blue_bag.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gdr_tailgater_with_blue_bag_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gdr_tailgater_with_blue_bag_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":264665,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gdr_tailgater_with_blue_bag_0.jpg?itok=HsWzaS5E"}},"231651":{"id":"231651","type":"image","title":"Gameday Recycling Bags","body":null,"created":"1449243627","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:27","changed":"1475894906","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:26","alt":"Gameday Recycling Bags","file":{"fid":"197567","name":"09c2003-p15-006.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09c2003-p15-006_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/09c2003-p15-006_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2172190,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/09c2003-p15-006_0.jpg?itok=GbL0kj60"}}},"media_ids":["232281","231651"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gamedaychallenge.org\/","title":"Game Day Recycling Challenge"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.recycle.gatech.edu\/programs\/gdr.php","title":"Game Day Recycling"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"83391","name":"gameday recycling program"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"12901","name":"Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling"},{"id":"1153","name":"recycling"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cindy.jackson@facilities.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECindy Jackson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Solid Waste Management and Recycling\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}