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SXU recycling rate on the rise for RecycleMania contest

SXU's pounds of recyclables for the 2009 RecycleMania contest are nearly double the amount of its 2008 figures. RecycleMania is a friendly competition and benchmarking tool for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities.
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"ARAMARK Higher Education is proud to partner with Saint Xavier University in elevating their environmental stewardship and reducing their carbon footprint. Developing a comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory, carbon neutrality plan and an innovative energy procurement program requires strong collaboration and innovative thinking. We are fortunate to work with the Saint Xavier staff in the continued support of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) and in using energy resources most efficiently."-Aramark

Green News Room

Read the Association of College and University Housing Offices - International magazine article "To LEED or not the LEED," featuring Saint Xavier University's Agatha O'Brien Hall.

Read the Sunday, April 27, Chicago Tribune front page article featuring Saint Xavier University's GreenBike Share Program.

View the CBS Chicago story about Saint Xavier University's GreenBike Share Program.

Watch the ABC Chicago story on Saint Xavier University's GreenBike Program.

Read more stories below about Saint Xavier's green leadership in the city of Chicago.

03/25/2009 Chi-Town Daily News features SXU GreenBike program
03/09/2009 ABC Austin notes SXU’s GreenBike Share Program
03/09/2009 SXU unveils LEED Gold plaque honoring new hall's environmentally friendly design
03/02/2009 SXU find significant Cost Reductions
02/23/2009 SXU Recycling on rise for Recyclemania
01/21/2009 MAPPA newsletter features article on cost effectiveness of SXU green construction (page 5)
01/19/2009 SXU's second LEED Gold cited in Green School & University
01/04/2009 SouthtownStar feature on Saint Xavier University's groundbreaking efforts to go green
12/29/2008 Saint Xavier University earns spotlight campus of the week
12/29/2008 Mother Agatha O'Brien Hall receives ASHRAE award for green innovations
12/21/2008 Mother Agatha O’Brien Hall receives ASHRAE award for green innovations
12/19/2008 Saint Xavier "spotlight campus" for sustainability
12/10/2008 Recycle Mania
12/05/2008 Purdue students and faculty tour SXU green facilities
12/01/2008 Saving green by going green
11/26/2008 SXU students serve in new Office of Sustainability
11/13/2008 SXU facilitate Greenhouse Gas Audit
11/11/2008 SXU holds Greenhouse Gas Audit
11/05/2008 Greenhouse Gas Audit kickoff
10/20/2008 SXU dedicates new green residence hall
10/10/2008 SXU to host OYBike trainers this weekend
10/06/2008 SXU Colors: Scarlet and Gray … and Green?
10/03/2008 Pub discourse presents 'Wind Energy, Recycled Water and More'
09/23/2008 O'Brien uses renewable clean source energy
09/03/2008 Saint Xavier University students move into new green residence hall
08/13/2008 SXU’s Copy Cats Printing Services goes green
08/12/2008 Copy Cats goes green
08/11/2008 Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn highlights SXU at 3rd Annual Sustainable University Symposium
07/17/2008 SXU installs rooftop garden on new green residence hall for energy conservation
06/18/2008 Chicago Tonight features Saint Xavier's Rubloff Hall
05/09/2008 Saint Xavier to be first American University to offer European bike share program
01/08/2008 New bio-diesel equipment assist with campus "greening" 
09/19/2007 Saint Xavier continues “green” innovations
04/26/2007 Saint Xavier University’s Arthur Rubloff Hall turns “green” into “gold”
04/13/2007 Saint Xavier University’s Rubloff Hall receives 2006 ASHRAE Award
08/14/2007 Rubloff Hall to be featured at Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn’s Sustainable University Symposium
08/06/2007 Rubloff Hall featured in Catholic News Service article
05/15/2007 Saint Xavier’s Rubloff Hall wins another award
03/22/2007 SXU’s environmentally friendly Rubloff Hall to be featured at April 5 lecture
10/12/2006 Saint Xavier University dedicates first “green” residence hall
10/10/2006 Project Green Thumb celebrates one-year anniversary
08/30/2006 Rubloff Hall spotlighted on GreenBean
08/23/2006 Rubloff Hall and LEED efficiency
05/18/2006 Project Green Thumb and Care of the Earth Task Force
05/03/2006 Saint Xavier finishes 34th in Recycle Mania Contest
04/24/2006 Project Green Thumb teams up with Sisters of Mercy's Care of the Earth Taskforce
03/20/2006 What is a Green Building?
02/24/2006 Saint Xavier community embraces Project Green Thumb
01/10/2006 Groundbreaking for newest residence hall
11/02/2005 Put your foot on the pedal of a greener SXU
10/11/2005 Putting our thumbprint on a greener SXU
10/03/2005 Project Green Thumb to be unveiled Oct. 19
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