When making an effort to recycle, not everyone does it right.
“Sometimes, people do something that's called ‘wishcycling,’” said Melanie Knowles, the sustainability manager for the university....
From February to March, Kent State will be competing against universities across the country and Canada in Race to Zero Waste to see who can reduce the most waste.
The Race to Zero Waste competition...
As senior fashion merchandising major Rachel Caton took notice of the impact the “fast fashion” industry has had on the environment, she then began to observe how consumer behavior played a key role...
As senior fashion merchandising major Rachel Caton took notice of the impact the “fast fashion” industry has had on the environment, she then began to observe how consumer behavior played a key role...
Caroline Henneman, who graduated in May 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations, is pursuing a juris doctorate degree through the University of Cincinnati. Henneman said she looks forward...
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...
Americans produce, on average, five pounds of trash a day, and college campuses are especially large contributors of waste.Kent State is a single-stream recycling campus, meaning all recyclables can be...
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,...
Six days a week, a packer garbage truck makes its rounds on campus, hauling away the average 6.6 tons of trash and recycling the university produces per day.Often times, we don’t think about what happens...
