Game Day Challenge

About the Challenge

Deadline extended to October 7

The Game Day Challenge is a friendly competition for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction at their football games. This Challenge is an initiative of EPA’s WasteWise program.

Register your school by September 30. Then, during October, carry out a waste reduction program during a home football game. You'll need to track and report recycling and waste data that will then be used to rank the schools.

Winners will be announced in November and publicized on EPA’s website.

Schools can win in several categories:

• least amount of waste generated per attendee
• greatest greenhouse gas reductions
• highest recycling rate
• highest organics reduction rate (i.e., food donation and composting)
• highest combined recycling and composting rate.

Goals:

• lower the waste generated at college football games;
• increase participation by students, faculty, staff, and the community in waste reduction programs; and
• heighten awareness of waste reduction programs.

Visit the challenge website to learn more and register!