2025 Competition Total Impact: 

• 1.4 million students, faculty and staff reached
• 19.4 million pounds of waste donated, composted and recycled
• Participants prevented the release of 20,668 metric tons equivalent of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, equal to avoiding the annual emissions from 4,351 cars

2025 Winners:

Diversion Category

• Small campus: Macalester College, Minnesota
• Medium campus: Seattle University, Washington
• Large campus: University of Louisville, Kentucky

Food Organics Category

• Small campus: Bard College, New York
• Medium campus: Endicott College, Massachusetts
• Large campus: California State University, Sacramento

Per Capita Recycling Category

• Small campus: Neumann University, Pennsylvania
• Medium campus: University of Wisconsin-Stout
• Large campus: Stanford University, California

GameDay Basketball Category

• Diversion: Valparaiso University, Indiana
• Per Capita Recycling: University of Richmond, Virginia

 Electronics Recycling Category

• Per Capita Recycling: Northwest Missouri State University
• Total Pounds Recycled: Rutgers University, New Jersey

Case Study Category:

• Waste Diversion Winner: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Food Waste Reduction Winner: Macalester College, Minnesota
• Education and Awareness Winner: University of Washington

Read all 2025 CR2ZW case studies, Learn From Your Peers.

Press Release Template for Schools
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