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Westminster College Received Third Place in the Nation for Recycling Clothing

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Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2016

According to www.dosomething.org, 11.1 million tons of recyclable fabric and textiles are added to landfills each year. In an effort to decrease that alarming statistic, a group of Westminster College students joined together and entered in to the Close the Loop Cup Challenge. This four-week national competition sponsored by H&M Clothing Store aimedhttp://www.dosomething.org to collect items of unused clothing items which are later recycled and repurposed.

In the nation-wide competition, Westminster College's placed third, collecting 20,126 items of clothing. Westminster trailed behind University of Texas at El Paso, who placed first for collecting 23,180 items and Vanderbilt University, who placed second for collecting 21,118 items. Westminster was given the spirit award, being recognizably the most visible on social media and doing "an impressive job getting the entire campus involved."

"We're a small college competing against giants," said Liz Buechele, student government association service chair. "The number one school is 23 times our size, and the number two school, 12 times our size. We rallied the entire campus around a cause; we were part of something bigger than ourselves; we had the coolest human assembly line I've ever seen; and most importantly, we worked together...and because of that, we made a huge impact."

Here’s a video featuring Liz as she prepares to tackle the beast.

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