The recycling program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse initially started in 1991. This program has worked in accordance with Wisconsin Act 335 since that time. The program has also helped to educate students, faculty, and staff about the responsibility and need to recycle. More than half of what we throw away can be recycled.
Recycling paper reduces the number of virgin trees cut down to produce new paper products.
The University has to pay to have the green general waste dumpsters emptied. It costs nothing to have the white and tan recycling dumpsters emptied. In fact, we make a small amount of money from the materials we recycle. This money goes back into the recycling program. Recycling makes our University more responsible, respectable, and environmentally conscious.