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Recycling InitiativesAbout the Paper Recycling Program
What Goes Around Comes Around!2007/2008 was the first year of the End of Year Residence Halls Collection at the U of U. It sucessfully collected useful items from students such as couches, lamps, and clothes to recycle materials from student housing and redistribute them to the local community. Learn more |
Recycling at the University of UtahThe University of Utah implemented a comprehensive Paper Recycling Program for both office pack and mixed paper. Bins were distributed across campus with 5,500 personal recycling bins, 1,700 classroom and laboratory bins, and 400 curbside totes. The University also recently established a recycling center which enables storage of large quantities of recyclable materials. Two cardboard compactors are used to bundle cardboard collected at numberous buildings, the bookstore and the football stadium. There is also collaboration with Dining Services to provide cardboard recycling at the intensely frequented student dining centers on campus, namely the Student Union Building and the Heritage Center, so there are now trailers placed at their docks also. These strategic locations provide service to the entire Union Building and provide a cardboard recycling option to those in the residential living areas. Building materials and wood are also recycled. The University is currently working on a plastics recycling solution with our contractor that should cover PET #1 & 2. For aluminum recycling, there are 75 - 80 aluminum recycling bins located throughout upper and lower campus. The ASUU Board of Sustainability within student government launched a small scale electronic waste collection system in partnership with Plant Operations across campus and has successfully collected cell phones, printer ink and toner cartridges to be recycled responsibly. Dining Services has made a number of successful changes as well including paper towels, napkins, and lunch boxes are made from 100% recycled materials. Electronic menu-boards reduce paper waste. Fry-oil and cardboard are recycled, and chemical buckets for cleaning are re-used. What about recycling in the rest of the city?Check out the official recycling website with all the most up to date information. Click the following link to learn where you can recycle those "unusual" items.
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