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Trashed or trash? St. Patty’s Day leaves lasting effect on environment

Morgan Hoover, Reporter May 3, 2024

The legendary signal of a party, the red solo cup, takes 450 years to decompose — if it’s even able to. America’s beloved cup is made of six plastics, quantified as no. 6 plastic, each being incredibly...

Don’t let the beaches get trashed this year

Kellie Nock March 21, 2018

Let’s make a case for Earth.As we embark into our spring break, the allure of beaches and day drinking is hard to ignore. Being disoriented, sweaty and sandy all day is, I’m sure, very fun.But before...

More than 11,000 pounds of electronic waste, including computers, phones and gaming consoles, collected during RecycleMania await disposal at the University Facilities Management store room on Summit Street on Wednesday, April 17. Photo by Shane Flanigan.

University recycling numbers drawn from two-month sample

Olivia Minnier October 7, 2015

From promotional videos to extra content on its website, the Kent State sustainability department works to inform students on how recycling on campus can be a difficult task. For 10 months of the year,...

Kathryn Ranieri, a senior exercise physiology major participates in Clean up Kent on April 4, 2015. Volunteers from the local community picked up litter all around Downtown Kent as form of community service.

Main Street Kent, KSU students work for a cleaner city

Haley Phillipi April 5, 2015

Main Street Kent hosted its first official “Clean Up Kent” Day to help pick up trash scattered around the city on Saturday morning.Main Street Kent, a non-profit organization focused on the revitalization...