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UK Facilities Management launches new on-campus composting system

The University of Kentucky is turning food waste into a high value soil amendment with its newly launched composting system — an innovative, on-campus facility designed to expand composting operations and support UK’s commitment to becoming a zero...

Jennifer Allen

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Sip, recycle, repeat: UK Recycling to tackle coffee cup waste on campus

In an effort to boost recycling rates on campus, University of Kentucky Recycling, a department within Facilities Management, is launching a coffee cup recycling awareness campaign in partnership with UK Dining. This initiative, which begins today...

Ella Sides

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Bluegrass and Green Future: University of Kentucky Joins the Rachel Carson Council

A cold February rain draped over the University of Kentucky as students bustled between classes. Despite the overcast sky, Lexington’s flagship university radiated warmth—a hub of intellectual curiosity, environmental stewardship, and impassioned...

Ella Sides

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UK Recycling Encourages Campus to Join a ‘Wave’ of Change

Each year, the University of Kentucky celebrates America Recycles Day on Nov. 15 by encouraging faculty, staff and students to recycle and learn more about recycling on campus. Following last year’s eye...

Joanna Ashford

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How Do We Communicate Sustainability?

Graphic design doesn’t exactly feel like a topic that should be posted about on a sustainability-focused blog. Nonetheless, here I am, an intern for the Office of Sustainability at the University of Kentucky, creating...

Amber Dotson

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Our Commitment to Climate Action: Part 2

In late 2016, President Capilouto’s announcement of the University’s first emissions reduction target concluded one chapter and opened another in the story of climate action on our campus. Students who had provided the...

Lauren Cagle

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Why UK Staff Member Joanna Ashford Has the ‘Heart to Step Up’

This month, UKNow talked to Joanna Ashford, who works as the recycling coordinator in UK Facilities Management. UKNow: What is your role here at UK? Ashford: I am the recycling coordinator for the university...

Joanna Ashford

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Energy Club Partners to Bring EV Chargers to Campus

UK’s Energy Club is a group of students who are passionate about making a difference in the world, starting right here with the University’s community. With sustainability in our back pocket, our main goal...

Taylor Bowers

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Solar Energy, Students, and Sustainability

A HUGE SHOUT OUT to the scores of student advocates who have been encouraging the University to take a leadership position on climate and transition to renewables for most of the past two decades. Last week’s...

Shane Tedder

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Meet the Team Turning Plastic Waste into Fuel Oil

UK Recycling hosted their first Waste Reduction Week in April 2021 as an initiative meant to provide students with opportunities to learn more about how they can reduce their waste sent to landfill. As part of Waste...

Carlie Laughlin

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You’ll Never Believe What We Recycle at UK!

‘What do you do when the students aren’t on campus?’ is a common question I receive as the Recycling Coordinator for the University. With that job title, it is easy to think that my job (and the recycling program here...

Joanna Ashford

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Meet the EcoReps!

This year’s EcoReps program has officially begun! This program, led by UK Recycling, gives on-campus students an opportunity to become leaders in sustainability, and get their foot in the door for future leadership...

Olivia Tussey

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‘A Serendipitous Situation.’ UK Dining Hall Offers Local, Sustainable Food Options.

The Fresh Food Company at The 90 has been dedicated to local, sustainable operations since its construction in 2015, and it has recently implemented programs to further this goal. The University of Kentucky works with...

Emily Girard

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Introducing the 2021-2022 Sustainability Internship Program Cohort

Since 2016, undergraduate students have had the opportunity to work directly with sustainability initiatives on campus–and get paid for it! The Sustainability Internship Program (SIP) is an exciting partnership between...

Sophie Beavin

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Staff Senate, Shared Governance, and Sustainability

At first glance, the phrase “Staff Senate, Shared Governance, and Sustainability” might seem out of place. Taking them at face value, “Staff Senate” is a governing body on campus representing staff, “Shared Governance”...

David Melanson

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UK Facilities Management launches new on-campus composting system

Sip, recycle, repeat: UK Recycling to tackle coffee cup waste on campus

Bluegrass and Green Future: University of Kentucky Joins the Rachel Carson Council

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UK Recycling Encourages Campus to Join a ‘Wave’ of Change

How Do We Communicate Sustainability?

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‘A Serendipitous Situation.’ UK Dining Hall Offers Local, Sustainable Food Options.

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Staff Senate, Shared Governance, and Sustainability

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