BATON ROUGE — LSU will hold a recycling competition this weekend to celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 15. 

LSU-Campus Sustainability in partnership with Keep Louisiana Beautiful, will host a GameDay Football Recycling Challenge from Friday through Sunday during the LSU vs. Texas football game. 

Volunteers will assist in setting up 1,000 recycling bins throughout various campus tailgate areas and collecting recyclables inside Tiger Stadium the following morning. All collected materials will be transported to LSU's sortation center, where volunteers will also assist in weighing, sorting and prepping recovered items for processing. 

On Friday, volunteers will set up recycling bins from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., while Saturday recycling at tailgates will take place all day. Sunday collection and sorting at Tiger Stadium and the Campus Sustainability Recycling Sortation Center will take place from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m.

“In Louisiana, we are blessed with a beautiful state that we proudly call Sportsman’s Paradise," said Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser. "Keeping it that way means making sure we do our part to reduce waste in our everyday lives. These America Recycles Day events are the perfect opportunity for our communities to pitch in and make a real difference in keeping our home clean and beautiful. I want to thank our dedicated Keep Louisiana Beautiful affiliates for stepping up this November to make recycling easier and more accessible for families in every corner of our state.”

To get involved, contact sustainability@lsu.edu.