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UK celebrates America Recycles Day

Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day, a day to celebrate the impact and importance of recycling. University of Kentucky Recycling will participate in this national celebration with six installations across campus that highlight how recycling helps...

Katherine Johnson

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UK Recycling introduces mini hanging landfill containers

UK Recycling is committed to becoming a zero-waste campus by 2030, meaning that 90% of all discarded waste will be diverted from the landfill by recycling, composting, donating, or other means. To reduce the amount of recyclable material ending up...

Elizabeth Hellmann

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Introducing UK Recycling’s Waste Wizard

UK Recycling is excited to announce a new addition to our website, the Waste Wizard! With this new tool, learning about what is recyclable at UK is quicker and easier than ever before. The Waste Wizard functions as a search engine which allows users...

Elizabeth Hellmann

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Ask the Expert: Food Waste and Fighting Hunger

During Waste Reduction Week, UK Recycling interns organized a documentary screening on food waste – Just Eat It. It’s free on YouTube, so go watch it! Sometimes documentaries can seem overwhelming and leave...

Samantha Udarbe

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Five new student-led sustainability projects from the 2020-2021 Sustainability Internship Program cohort

Every year, student sustainability interns develop and implement their own independent projects to help further sustainability efforts on campus. Despite this year’s challenges, the students in the 2020-2021...

Sophie Beavin

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Ask the Expert: Fast fashion and labor rights

During Waste Reduction Week, UK Recycling interns organized a documentary screening on fast fashion – True Cost. It’s free on YouTube, so go watch it! Sometimes documentaries can seem overwhelming and leave...

Lauren Cagle

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10 tips for new cyclists

We are lucky at the University of Kentucky because we have such a rich and well-supported cycling community on campus and in Lexington! It can be challenging, however, for someone new to cycling to get started on their...

Madi Sydnor

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Ask the Expert: Food Waste

Robert Eversole

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Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tips, From a College Student Doing Her Best. Part 3: Kitchen and Cleaning Supplies

Hi all! This is the third and final article of the Zero-Waste Swap series, and it’s all about kitchen and cleaning supplies that I have tried, and my honest thoughts on them. I hope you’ve enjoyed learning about...

Olivia Tussey

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Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tips, From a College Student Doing Her Best! Part 2: Shopping and Personal Care

It’s Olivia, back with my recommendations on how to reduce your waste as a college student! Here, I’ll share with you the shopping and personal care zero-waste items that I have tried, and what I do (or do not) like...

Olivia Tussey

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Waste Reduction Week empowers students to make a difference

Just a few weeks ago, from April 12-16th, UK Recycling put on their first annual Waste Reduction Week. This week of events, created by UK Sustainability Interns Bethany Schagene (class of ‘21) and Olivia Tussey (class...

Olivia Tussey

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2021 bike voucher program applications now being accepted

One great way to reduce your automobile travel is to invest in alternative transportation, like biking! This is especially important for cities when it comes to reducing tailpipe emissions and improving air quality. If...

Carlie Laughlin

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Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tips, From a College Student Doing Her Best -Part 1

Americans generate an extraordinary amount of waste— around 4.5 pounds of trash per person, per day. Almost all of the items we dispose of are single-use; literally made to go straight into a landfill after only a few...

Olivia Tussey

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How One UK Student Started Food Waste Collection in a Residence Hall

Sometimes environmental issues seem too big for one person to make a difference. Food waste can be one of those topics. Thankfully, Caleb Gooden, a Sophomore at UK, decided to try and do something about food waste...

Joanna Ashford

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10 Things You Should Recycle Today!

As the Recycling Coordinator here at UK, I always hear “recycling is confusing”. Unfortunately, that sentiment is true, so I always encourage students, faculty and staff to ask questions. There are no stupid questions...

Joanna Ashford

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UK celebrates America Recycles Day

UK Recycling introduces mini hanging landfill containers

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Ask the Expert: Food Waste and Fighting Hunger

Five new student-led sustainability projects from the 2020-2021 Sustainability Internship Program cohort

Ask the Expert: Fast fashion and labor rights

10 tips for new cyclists

Ask the Expert: Food Waste

Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tips, From a College Student Doing Her Best. Part 3: Kitchen and Cleaning Supplies

Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tips, From a College Student Doing Her Best! Part 2: Shopping and Personal Care

Waste Reduction Week empowers students to make a difference

2021 bike voucher program applications now being accepted

Zero-Waste Lifestyle Tips, From a College Student Doing Her Best -Part 1

How One UK Student Started Food Waste Collection in a Residence Hall

10 Things You Should Recycle Today!

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