How much does 5X社区 recycle?
We have access to monitor our recycling and trash volumes during RecycleMania in February in March.
In 2018 Kent State RECYCLED 351,446 pounds during 8 weeks of RecycleMania and DECREASED the amount of trash generated from the previous year by over 250,000 pounds!
Our 2018 campus recycling rate (the amount recycled out of our trash + recycling waste streams) was 35%, double our recycling rate in 2012, and there are still opportunities to improve.
While our 2017 recycling rate, 36%, is higher than both the 2017 national (25%) and 2017 state (29%) recycling rates, we know our recycling rate can be higher from campus waste audits. The top three recyclables ending up in our trash are: 1) plastic bottles; 2) paper; and 3) cardboard.
During 2017 RecycleMania Kent State generated less than a pound of waste per person per day (0.84 pounds) and of this 0.54 pounds of TRASH/person/day and 0.3 pounds of RECYCLING/person/day.
According to , 4.51 pounds of waste are generated per person per DAY and of this 1.13 pounds per person per day for recycling and 0.45 pounds per person per day for composting.