For the second consecutive year, Northwest Missouri State University topped other colleges and universities throughout the nation when recycling electronic items. The final results of the 2025 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition show Northwest placed first in the category of Electronics Recycling Per Capita by recycling 2.3 pounds per capita and submitting nearly 15,500 pounds, which amounts to nearly 8 tons. The items included batteries, lamps, televisions, monitors, laptops and other computer equipment.
Additionally, Northwest offices worked with the Office of Sustainability to reuse or recycle as many discarded electronics, including desk phones discarded during the University鈥檚 installation of a new phone system this year, fluorescent and incandescent bulbs replaced with LEDs, computers, and televisions, printers and computer peripherals that were not in working condition.
鈥淓ach year, we hope the Campus Race to Zero Waste reminds everyone on campus to reduce waste and recycle whenever possible,鈥� Tim Hill, Northwest鈥檚 environmental sustainability coordinator, said. 鈥淲inning the Electronics Recycling Per Capita category is a testament to Northwest鈥檚 longstanding commitment to environmental stewardship.鈥�