This past May, during Spring Move-Out, the University of Kentucky’s Recycling Program was happy to re-offer the Give and Go Donation Station Program to all resident students on campus. Donation stations were placed in...
Archive - June 2021
Carlie Laughlin
Cheers to Two Years! A Look at UK’s Food Waste Composting.
Time flies when you are composting food waste! It’s hard to believe that 2 years ago today we picked up the first cart full of food waste from UK Dining. Since that first pick up, the University has composted over 100...
Joanna Ashford
UK Launches LGBTQ Scholarship for Ag, Environmental Sciences
Food access, sustainability and conservation have become mainstream conversations worldwide. And while these issues are broad, too often, representation within these discussions is not. As a minority in the state...
UK Reflects on Meaning of Juneteenth Ahead of 1st Academic Holiday
In January 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, declaring more than three million slaves living in the Confederate states to be free, unbeknownst to many of those enslaved. It was not until Union soldiers...
Composting Manure on the Smaller Horse Farm Operation
An average sized horse can produce as much as 20,000 lbs. of manure each year! While many farms opt to land-apply manure, smaller horse farms housing less than 6 horses typically have fewer acres, so continuous...
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
UK CAER Creates Sustainable Cements and Concrete
Concrete is everywhere. Concrete is the most widely used man-made material on earth, second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet. Cement manufacturing is also the source of 8% of the world’s carbon...
Kevin Puckett
