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Campus Race to Zero Waste aids sustainability efforts on campus

March 10, 2023

Over the past six weeks Kent State has participated in the Campus Race to Zero Waste competition to promote sustainability on campus. The competition has many components including the diversion of trash,...

Kent State implements changes to recycling policy

Kent State implemented changes to its recycling policy for the Kent campus this February.“The biggest change is in plastics, of what can be recycled and what cannot,” said Leah Graham, the outreach...

PepsiCo installs can recycling machine in student center

Brittany Anderson July 10, 2015

The student center revealed its first “dream” recycling machine, a PepsiCo product, in the student center to empower the Kent community to easily recycle cans and bottles.“Recycling is not made easy...

Our View: Who says Earth Day can’t be every day?

KS Editors April 22, 2015

Summary: Even though Earth Day has come and gone, that doesn’t mean that we can’t celebrate it every day. As college students, we sometimes forget to stop and smell the flowers, except on Earth Day....

Kent State recycles nearly half of a million pounds of trash for Recyclemania

Lauren Biertempfel April 21, 2015

In eight weeks, Kent State recycled almost half of a million pounds of recyclables, putting the university in the top 12 percent of schools that competed in the Recyclemania competition that took place...

Kent State hosts paper recycling drive as part of Recyclemania

Lauren Biertempfel March 16, 2015

Kent State University will host its first Shredmania event March 17, a one-day event in coordination with Recyclemania.Recyclemania is a 8-week long competition for university recycling programs to promote...

Office of Sustainability will host electronic recycling drive

Lauren Biertempfel March 15, 2015

The Kent State Office of Sustainability will host an E-cycle Drive that will give students the opportunity to recycle old electronics.The electronic waste drive, which is part of Recyclemania, is open...