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Waste Minimization

The top five schools  are shown below by division. Scroll further down the page to view the overall results for this category. You can also download an Excel spreadsheet with detailed ranking information for the Waste Minimization (Per Capita Waste Generation) category.

 


Top 5 FBS Schools


Rank
School
Waste (lbs/person)





1
West Virginia University
0.073




2
Ohio University Campus Recycling
0.169




3
University of Iowa
0.177




4
Northern Illinois University
0.197




5
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
0.21

 


Top 5 FCS Schools


Rank
School
Waste (lbs/person)





1
Idaho State University
0.047




2
Central Connecticut State University
0.061




3
University of Iowa
0.177




4
Elon University
0.196




5
University of Richmond
0.213

 


Top 5 Division II & III Schools


Rank
School
Waste (lbs/person)





1
Earlham College
0.029




2
Assumption College
0.116




3
Humboldt State University
0.132




4
Carroll University
0.142




5
Washington and Lee University
0.165

 


Overall Combined Rankings


Rank
School
Waste (lbs/person)





1
Earlham College
0.029




2
Idaho State University
0.047




3
Central Connecticut State University
0.061




4
West Virginia University
0.073




5
Assumption College
0.116




6
Humboldt State University
0.132




7
Carroll University
0.142




8
University of California-Davis
0.155




9
Washington and Lee University
0.165




10
Ohio University Campus Recycling
0.169




11
University of Iowa
0.177




12
Bowdoin College
0.187




13
Long Island University-C W Post Campus
0.188




14
Elon University
0.196




15
Northern Illinois University
0.197




16
Kean University
0.201




17
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
0.21




18
University of Richmond
0.213




19
Ohio State University-Main Campus
0.217




20
Michigan State University
0.224




21
Wartburg College
0.226




22
Vanderbilt University
0.241




23
Northwest Missouri State University
0.251




24
Brigham Young University
0.253




24
University of Wisconsin - Madison
0.253




25
Duke University
0.255




26
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
0.316




27
University of Florida
0.32




28
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
0.336




29
University of South Carolina
0.34




30
University of Rochester
0.341




31
Northwestern University
0.366




31
Grand Valley State University
0.366




32
Indiana University
0.369




33
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
0.395




34
Marshall University
0.439




35
Furman University
0.476




36
Purdue University - West Lafayette Campus
0.49




37
University of California Berkeley
0.498




38
Marist College
0.514




39
Brown University
0.581




40
Virginia Military Institute
0.582




41
Georgia Institute of Technology
0.592




42
Boston College
0.629




43
University of Notre Dame
0.665




44
Oregon State University
0.677




44
Harvard University
0.677




45
Clemson University
0.696




46
The University of Akron
0.696




47
Colorado State University
0.731




48
Eastern Washington University
0.76




49
Central Michigan University
0.771




50
Auburn University
0.776




51
University of North Texas
0.854




52
University of Central Florida
0.902




53
University of Texas Austin
0.935




54
Rutgers University
0.96




55
Franklin College
1.003




56
NC State University
1.023




57
University of Virginia-Main Campus
1.034




58
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
1.263




59
Florida State University
1.415




60
Louisiana State University and Agricultural 
1.716




61
The University of Mississippi
2.615

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