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BI2WI
Bin It to Win It 2026
Housing & Residential Life
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Week
Recycling the Wildcat Way
Help us reduce contamination in our recycling bins through Bin It to Win It. Every clean bin, pledge, and post moves your dorm up the board.
Live Standings, Week 3 of 5
Bin It to Win It runs September 1 to 30, 2026. Standings update weekly and nothing is final until the competition ends.
Every winning building also enters a $100 Amazon gift card raffle for a resident who signed the pledge. See the Prizes tab for full details.
Pick your district
All Campus, Week 3
Standings, Week 3
Recycling
Engagement
Video
Pledge
Click any building to see its full detail page.
Points Over Time
Campaign Snapshot
Pledge Tracker, Latest Count
Tips: How to Earn More Points
Grand Prize: Top Building Overall
Two laundry soap sheet dispensers plus free laundry soap sheets for every resident, all year. All nine winning buildings also get one $100 Amazon gift card raffled to a resident who signed the recycling pledge.

Every district crowns a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place building. Nine buildings win in total.

1st Place
In Each District
$250 for the Community Director to spend on a sustainability reward for the dorm. One RA from each 1st place building is also entered in the Coca-Cola prize drawing, and a resident who signed the pledge is entered into the $100 Amazon gift card raffle. The Grand Prize winner's district does not also receive this prize, since that building already won the Grand Prize instead.
2nd Place
In Each District
$100 for a sustainability related reward. Funds may go toward food (vegetarian or plant based preferred), programming, or amenities that promote sustainable living. Also enters a resident who signed the pledge into the $100 Amazon gift card raffle.
3rd Place
In Each District
$100 for a sustainability related reward. Funds may go toward food (vegetarian or plant based preferred), programming, or amenities that promote sustainable living. Also enters a resident who signed the pledge into the $100 Amazon gift card raffle.
RA Incentives, Supported by Coca-Cola
Community Directors from each 1st place building select one RA by vote, drawing, or other method. Those three RAs enter a random drawing for a Powerade wagon cooler, an Instax Mini Camera, and a Mini Karaoke Machine. The first RA drawn gets first pick, the second chooses from the remaining two, and the third receives the final prize.
How Points Are Earned

Bin It to Win It runs September 1 through 30. Twenty buildings compete across three districts, and you only compete against the other dorms in your own district.

How Points Are Earned
Recycling at 0% contamination6 pts / week
Recycling at 10% or less4 pts / week
Recycling at 20% or less3 pts / week
Recycling at 30% or less2 pts / week
Recycling above 30%0 pts
Coca-Cola product visible in bin1 bonus pt / week
Recycling or BI2WI video (up to 3)5 pts each
Most video likes, campus wide, one time in Week 55 bonus pts
Active engagement program5 pts each
Passive engagement program3 pts each
Every 2% of residents who pledge1 pt
Highest pledge %, campus wide, one time in Week 55 bonus pts
Attending an Eco-Rep meeting3 bonus pts
Inviting Eco-Reps to table in the building5 bonus pts
Why Contamination Matters
When non-recyclable items end up in a recycling bin, the whole load can be sent to the landfill instead. That is why a single bag of chips or a bottle with liquid still in it can undo an entire dorm's effort. Recycling rules are different everywhere, so learning how it works here is the whole point of the competition.
Cumulative Points, Week by Week
Badges Earned
How This Dashboard Works
A quick guide to reading the standings
1
Start on Home and pick your district. Everything for your buildings lives on that one page.
2
Use the Week buttons in the top right to see standings as of any week. Points are cumulative, so Week 3 includes everything earned in Weeks 1 and 2.
3
Each bar is split by where the points came from. Longer bars mean more total points, scaled against the top building on campus.
4
Click any building to open its detail page with every category, a week by week chart, and badges earned.
5
Gold, silver, and bronze mark the top three in each district right now. Standings update every week.

Bin It to Win It 2026

Our annual recycling competition challenges every dorm on campus to recycle right, reduce contamination, and build community. Ask your RA how your dorm can win!

Sign the Pledge!

 

RECYCLING IN THE DORMS

Get Ready to Recycle!

Recycling is a little different everywhere, so it’s important to learn how we recycle here at U of A:

Always recycle these materials in your dorm's mixed recycling containers:

  • Paper
  • Paperboard (like a cereal box)
  • Clean and dry cans
  • Clean and dry plastic bottles and jugs
  • ***All corrugated cardboard should be flattened and put in the specially marked outdoor cages***

Items not accepted in dorm recycling include:

  • Food and liquids
  • Bagged recycling (keep all recycling loose)
  • Plastic bags (grocery, cereal, bread, etc.)
  • Empty pizza boxes
  • Soft plastics
  • Chip bags
  • Mail packaging
  • Wrappers
  • Napkins, tissues, and paper towels
  • Mixed material items (like lined cartons or plastic-topped metal air fresheners)
  • Glass

Move-In Cardboard Recycling

During Move-In Week, cardboard recycling is available at collection corrals located at each dorm. To view the cardboard recycling collection area for your assigned building, please click here*.

Recycling Locations

To find out where recycling is located in your building throughout the academic year, refer to the chart on the FAQ webpage or view each dorm's designated recycling area here*.

What's Recyclable on Campus [video]

Cats Optimizing Recycling Education (CORE) students share what's recyclable (and what's not) in the dorms:

 

Sort That Recycling! 

How well do you know the recycling rules in U of A dorms? Test your campus recycling knowledge when you play our interactive game. 

RecycleGameHomeScreen

 

Still Have Questions?

If you have additional questions, please contact Housing Sustainability, visit our Sustainability webpage, or review Waste Management’s recycling website.

*FOR SECURITY AND SAFETY PURPOSES, STUDENTS MUST BE SIGNED INTO THEIR UNIVERSITY GOOGLE ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO ACCESS FLOOR PLANS.