Recycling Program

To see the recycling schedule please select the link on the left.

History of Recycling at UAA
Paper recycling has a long term presence on UAA’s Anchorage campus; Anchorage Recycling picked up from individual offices in the early 1990's, then General Support Services handled it until 1998. Dumpsters were then provided if departments wished to recycle on their own.
In 2001, former Regent David Parks, with the input of concerned students, felt that recycling was a social responsibility of the university and led USUAA to restart a low-level recycling program. This was funded partially by student fees and UAA Facilities.
In December 2004, USUAA was awarded a $28K Waste Reduction and Recycling Challenge Grant from the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA). Grant funds were used primarily to purchase recycling containers and centralized recycling collection receptacles now distributed across the Anchorage Campus.
USUAA received another grant in Spring 2006 for the academic 2007 year for $26,000 from the Strategic Opportunities Fund. This grant paid for student employees to continue and operate a small scale recycling program.
The USUAA, through a generous donation and EPA grant, install a special kit into a diesel truck so that the truck can run off of straight vegetable oil. The kit was put in during the Spring 07 Semester and successfully ran off of straight soy-bean oil during the end of that semester.
The Recycle Program received funding from the university to continue operations through the 2008 Summer semester.