Looking for easy ways to reduce your waste this holiday season? University of Kentucky Recycling offers easy ideas to celebrate while being zero-waste this holiday season. Reconsider cards. Greeting cards...
Tag - Zero Waste
Katherine Johnson
Fabricating Play: The Big Blue Bench Comes to Cornerstone
The Big Blue Bench (figure 1) is a furniture piece and public art installation that serves as a prototype to demonstrate the reuse of plastic waste as building material (figure 2). The product is one result of a...
UK students serve healthy, balanced meals to community through Meals on Wings
At the University of Kentucky Campus Kitchen, a remarkable initiative — Meals on Wings — is taking flight, bringing nourishment and community spirit to those who need it most. Meals on Wings is not just about food...
Recycle your cooking oil for biofuel research at the Gobble Grease Toss
This holiday season, University of Kentucky researchers want to recycle your used cooking oil and study it. It’s part of the 14th annual Gobble Grease Toss held on Black Friday. If you’re frying a turkey this...
How you can stay sustainable on game days
University of Kentucky Recycling and Athletics need your help to make Kroger Field a zero-waste facility by 2030 — meaning 90% of all waste will no longer be sent to the landfill. Here are ways you can contribute: The...
Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling at Big Blue Move-In
Becoming a zero-waste campus is one of UK’s sustainability goals. Actually its one of our five guiding principles; Make the pursuit of these goals an integral part of the UK student experience Decarbonize campus...
Celebrate Commencement Sustainably
University of Kentucky seniors are gearing up an exciting time, May 2023 Commencement. UK Recycling offers easy ideas to celebrate sustainably. Senior photos: When taking photos, try confetti alternatives such as...
Chelsea Colley
UK EcoReps host events to educate campus community about sustainability
The University of Kentucky EcoRep program is an intern-led program established in 2017 as part of UK Recycling’s goals to increase recycling and waste diversion efforts on campus. This program’s...
Kathryn Tutwiler
Say hello to Oscar Sort, UK Recycling’s new AI-powered, waste-sorting system
University of Kentucky Recycling has a new “helping hand” on campus. Oscar Sort, an artificial intelligence waste-sorting system from Intuitive AI, has been installed on campus to empower better recycling decisions...
UK Recycling to Host Fifth Annual Thrift Shop Pop-up Event
UK Recycling is proud to announce it’s fifth annual Thrift Shop Pop-Up in partnership with UK Student Organizations and Activities, Wildcat Wardrobe, and The Fashion Crew! Come to the Cats Den on Monday, April 10th...
