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CSS Factsheets, U-M Waste Management and Recycling

CSS Publication Number
CSS06-15
Abstract

The University of Michigan faces the challenge of managing large volumes of waste generated by the UM community. Small-scale voluntary recycling activities existed in individual departments as early as the 1970s; campus-wide waste reduction and recycling programs were implemented in 1990. Widely supported by its faculty, staff, and students, these programs have been a success by steadily increasing the percentage of waste recycled and diverted from the landfills over the past 16 years. Here are highlights of the University's waste reduction and recycling efforts and its accomplishments.

Research Areas
Communities
Urban Systems and Built Environment
Publication Type
Factsheet
Full Citation
Chan, Arthur, Blair Willcox, Helaine Hunscher and Gregory Keoleian. 2006. CSS Factsheets, U-M Waste Management and Recycling. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: 1-2.