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University of Texas at Austin and Huston-Tillotson University Named Winners of Inaugural College Sports Sustainability Makeover Contest

July 5, 2016 | by J. Scott Collard

Vancouver, WA (July 6, 2016)—On June 30, the University of Texas at Austin and Huston-Tillotson University were announced as the two inaugural winners of the College Sports Sustainability Makeover Contest at the Green Sports Alliance Summit in Houston, TX.

The contest was designed to highlight college athletics’ unique and powerful impact on community sustainability; to influence fans’ sustainability behaviors where they live, work, and play; and to boost college sports’ sustainability capacity.

Contest sponsors GreenDrop Recycling Stations from Pacific Cascade Corporation, Eco-Products, EcoSafe Zero Waste, Max-R, and the University of Colorado Boulder Environmental Center provided prizes and support packages valued at over $50,000 for each winning campus. Contest partners included the Green Sports Alliance and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

“The Makeover Contest was an overwhelming success as proven by the number of high quality submissions and the outstanding leadership of the two winning campuses,” said Scott Jenkins, Chair of the Green Sports Alliance Board of Directors. “College sports has distinguished itself as a sustainability leader capable of using its cultural and market influence to promote healthy, sustainable communities. We all win in that game.”

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Presenters and recipients at the Green Sports Alliance Summit; Lyle Peters, Director of Sales for the GreenDrop Stations is far right and Thomas C. Henderson, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Huston-Tillotson University of Austin, TX, is two before Peters.

The small-campus category winner, Huston-Tillotson University (HTU), a 141-year-old historically black institution, will receive ten new custom recycling and composting stations from GreenDrop Recycling, a supply of compostable foodware and bags, and on-site sustainability assistance from University of Colorado Boulder (UC) technical experts.

HTU has a robust commitment to sustainability, exemplified by the HTU Center for Sustainability and Environmental Justice and HTU’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2048. Additionally, HTU has an active student-led group, “Green is the New Black”, which seeks to promote sustainability issues as they impact minority stakeholders, and engage its students in all aspects of sustainability across all of its academic and athletics activities.

“We were honored to be part of this College Sustainability Contest”, stated Lyle Peters, Director of Sales for the GreenDrop Stations at Pacific Cascade. “This program will reward those institutions that promote environmental responsibility and sustainability not only to their students, but influence all campus visitors, while helping to impact an entire community”.

The large-campus category, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) will receive ten customized waste and recycling bins, a supply of compostable foodware, and on-site assessments from UC sports sustainability staff.

UT-Austin’s implementation of sustainability across many sports keyed its win by showing that even the biggest college athletics programs can implement comprehensive sustainability efforts. UT-Austin aligns athletics’ sustainability goals and actions with those of the campus and the City of Austin. Together, this leadership model demonstrates how a very large, research-intensive university can integrate sustainability across all facets of campus life and leverage the power of college sports to expose many fans to the benefits of sustainability principles and practices.

CONTACT

Pacific Cascade Corporation
Lyle Peters
14208 N.W. 3rd Court, Suite 200Vancouver, WA 98685-5759
(360) 574-9313
1-800-292-7275

LyleP@GreenDropRecycling.com

ABOUT PACIFIC CASCADE CORPORATION

Since 1987, Pacific Cascade has been providing the Parking, Hospitality, Traffic Enforcement, and the Environmental Sustainability Industries with products to manage and support their effective operational needs. GreenDropRecycling.com

ABOUT THE GREEN SPORTS ALLIANCE

The Green Sports Alliance leverages the cultural and market influence of sports to promote healthy, sustainable communities where we live and play. The nonprofit does so by inspiring sports leagues, teams, venues, their partners, and millions of fans to embrace renewable energy, healthy food, recycling, and other environmentally preferable practices. Alliance members represent more than 370 sports teams and venues from 20 different sports leagues and 14 countries. greensportsalliance.org

ABOUT THE COLLEGE SPORTS SUSTAINABILITY CONTEST

Winning campuses were chosen on the basis of need, suitability, leverage, and likelihood of success. Contest entries were received from 48 campuses in 24 states, including all campus types and athletics affiliations. This first of its kind contest ran from March to June 2016.

Filed Under: Green Initiative, Green Sports Alliance, GreenDrop News

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