Ohio State Wins 2024 GameDay Football Zero Waste Touchdown Challenge
2/18/2025 10:33:00 AM | General, Football
Columbus, Ohio (February 7, 2025) –The Ohio State University participated in the 2024 GameDay Football Zero Waste Touchdown Challenge, a nationwide competition among colleges and universities to reduce and recycle the waste generated at home football games.
The Zero Waste Touchdown Challenge campuses implement efforts to reduce the waste footprint of their home games and tailgating events through efforts including reduction of single-use plastics use, food waste recovery, use of reusable products, recycling, and more. To participate in the Challenge, campus participants choose one home football game to track and report on their recycling, food organics, and trash collected during the game.
“College athletics and their operational teams are uniquely positioned to engage and influence their fan base about environmental stewardship. Most GameDay Football Challenge schools have stadiums that have been pushing green initiatives for 10 or more years. Our GameDay winners advance the supply chain in their local and regional circular economies and now have a fan base that expects and wants green practices at every home GameDay. That’s progress.” Says Stacy Wheeler, RecycleMania Inc. president.
Congratulations to the 2024 Zero Waste Touchdown Challenge Winners:
- Diversion: Stadium + Tailgating – Ohio University
- Diversion: Stadium Only – The Ohio State University
- Per Capita Recycling Per Capita– University of Colorado Boulder
- Waste Min Per Capita – Grand Valley State University
- Food Organics Per Capita – University of Richmond
Learn more about The Ohio State University waste minimization efforts HERE.
About the GameDay Football Zero Waste Touchdown Challenge
Using equitable, just, and friendly competition, the Zero Waste Touchdown Challenge, a program of the Campus Race to Zero Waste, provides tools and opportunities that inspire, empower, and mobilize colleges and universities to benchmark and improve efforts to reduce and eliminate waste at home football games.
