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August 30, 2019

Recycling efforts off to great start after move-in

Submitted by Bill Spiegel

The K-State recycling team thanks all the students who moved into the residence hall over the past two weeks and made this university a more sustainable environment.

As shown in the chart below, K-Staters recycled 11.83 tons, or 22,460 pounds, of recyclable material and only sent 1.81 tons, or 3,620 pounds, of non-recyclable material to the landfill. This was K-State's best diversion rate since at least 2014 and it is impressive.

It's a great way to start the year and let's keep this great passion to recycle throughout the year.

Outstanding job!

       Move-in recycling and refuse data 
Date Weight of recycling Weight of non-recyclable material Diversion rate
2014 3.53 7.7 31.43
2015 6.23 8.48 42.35
2016 11.3 14.53 43.74
2017 7.54 4.5 62.62
2018 13.83 5.85 70.27
2019 11.23 1.81 86.11