UK celebrates America Recycles Day
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 15, 2024) — 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 create new products and reduce landfill waste.
“Here at UK, the community has the opportunity to take impactful action for the environment through recycling and create a better future,” says UK Zero-Waste Specialist Ryan Lark. “UK Recycling will have installations around campus through Nov. 22 displaying different products that are made with recycled material which could have come from recycling efforts on campus.”
The installations are set up in the following locations:
- Near Freshii in the Jacobs Science Building
- Core #3 on the first floor of the William T. Young Library
- Inside the Fresh Food Company at The 90
- The Johnson Center lobby
- In the atrium of the Healthy Kentucky Research Building
- The first floor atrium of the Gatton College of Business and Economics
Help UK become a zero-waste campus by recycling your paper and plastic cups in any mixed recycling container on campus. If you’re unsure if an item is recyclable, use the UK Recycling Waste Wizard to find out.
What is recyclable at UK may be different from your home. Please check with your local recycling centers about what items they can recycle when not on campus.
Follow UK Recycling on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok @UKYRecycles. Have more recycling questions? Send an email to recycle@uky.edu.
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