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Campus

BYU recycles 1,400 tons of waste annually, turns 2,000 more into compost

Elsa Bray
By Elsa Bray
April 15, 2025 10:40 AM
Whether it’s your empty soda bottle, food waste from the Cougareat or lawn and bush clippings, it all ends up at BYU’s Material Handling Area.
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Metro

A look at Provo, BYU's recycling programs

By Andrew Bean
September 29, 2024 05:37 PM
Provo City and BYU have asked that students and residents help their recycling programs by ensuring their donations are recyclable and in the correct donation bin.
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Local

Provo City cleanups clear 500 tons green waste, 1,000 tons garbage

By Joe Wirthlin
April 03, 2023 12:00 AM
The Provo City spring cleanup is in full swing, allowing people to bring regular trash, green waste and metal recycling to centralized locations for free.
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Campus Events

RecycleMania event displays cardboard castle and art show

By Alicia Gerardo
April 01, 2022 12:00 AM
Students made a cardboard box castle in Brigham Square to raise awareness in the BYU community of recycling and waste reduction on campus.
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: Make recycling a requirement of BYU approved housing certification

By Universe Contributor
November 22, 2021 12:00 AM
It is a widely accepted fact that instant ramen and frozen microwavable meals are staple foods found in every college apartment. And while these meals are quick, easy and convenient, what they lack in nutritional value, they make up for in plastic weight. Yet, for those of us who live in off-campus housing and want to reduce our plastic waste, recycling is almost always not an option.
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Campus News

Students push for sustainability office at BYU

By Erika Magaoay
February 19, 2020 12:00 AM
A group of BYU students is calling for greater collaboration between students and administration in sustainability efforts on campus.
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Healthy Living

BYU students express belief in climate change

By Lisi Merkley
September 27, 2019 12:00 AM
The internet is abuzz with talk about what needs to be done to address climate change following the UN Climate Change Summit held Sept. 21-23. But many nations, including the U.S., left the conference without any firm plans to decrease their contributions to climate change.
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: 7/16/19

July 16, 2019 12:00 AM
Every day, BYU students choose to poison the Earth that God selflessly gave us. We accept mistreatment of the Earth by carelessly placing plastics into a system that leaves them stranded in dumps or watery graves. Once in their resting places, plastics take at least 1,000 years to finally disintegrate. We know plastics can be recycled, yet as BYU students, we somehow rationalize placing plastics in a location where they become destructive.
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Local

Utah's low recycling rates contribute to global waste issue

By Riley Waldman
May 13, 2019 12:00 AM
See also: 'Local companies, community find solutions to recycling problems'
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Local

Local companies, community find solutions to recycling problems

By Riley Waldman
May 13, 2019 12:00 AM
See also: 'Low recycling rates in Utah contributing factor in global waste issue'
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: 4/23/19

By Josh Carter
April 23, 2019 12:00 AM
Eating in the HBLL
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Campus

BYU grounds crew maintain campus, protect plants year round

By Ciera Kueser
November 27, 2018 12:00 AM
BYU grounds employee Tom Leighton gathers leaves to prepare campus for winter. (Ciera Kueser)
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: 10/30/18

By Riley Waldman
October 30, 2018 12:00 AM
How young is too young for an iPhone? The appropriate age is 13 years old. This is because iPhones affect children’s attitude, social skills, and addiction. Parents need to consider these factors when buying their children an iPhone.
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum 4/24/18

By Camille Baker
April 24, 2018 12:00 AM
Alfred Kelly’s 1912 graduation speech is legendary in BYU history — pivotal at a time when BYU found itself embroiled in financial crisis. Effectively saving the school, Kelly articulated a vision of a sprawling campus populated with thousands of students and dotted by “temples of learning.”
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Business

Lawmaker will try again to charge for plastic bags

By Lilian Whitney
January 20, 2018 12:00 AM
A BYU Store customer receives her purchase in a plastic bag. Stores in Utah do not currently charge for plastic bags, but the new bill would charge Utah residents for each paper or plastic bag used at retail stores. (Savannah Hopkinson)
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Art

Students paint cardboard castle to encourage recycling

By Alyssa Nielsen
March 25, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU Recycling and the BYU Earth Stewardship Club hosted its annual cardboard castle event in front of the Wilkinson Student Center on Thursday, Mar. 24, 2016.
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State

SB165 would bring plastic bag ban to Utah

By Zoe Woolf Mcginn
March 08, 2016 12:00 AM
Sen. Jani Iwamoto, D-Salt Lake City wants to cut down plastic bag use in stores by imposing a 10 cent fee.
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Local

Provo implements new recycling program

By Adam Richardson
October 14, 2015 12:00 AM
A little boy hugs a waste bin as part of a promotional video for Provo's new recycling program.
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