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What are the top three simple steps I can take to reduce land filled waste and improve recycling at USU?

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What are the top three simple steps I can take to reduce land filled waste and improve recycling at USU?

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Reuse and recycle your paper. Currently, as much or more paper is thrown away at USU than is recovered for recycling. Don’t buy things you don’t really need and buy in bulk to reduce packaging. Recycle all year round, not just during Recycle Mania or at the end of the semester. Recycling a ton of the following materials saves the stated quantities of energy: Aluminum cans: 185 million btu/ton LDPE: 24.1 million btu/ton Plastic #1 (PETE): 22.2 million btu/ton Mixed plastics: 20.5 million btu/ton Steel cans: 20 million btu/ton Plastic #2 (HDPE): 19 million btu/ton Newspapers: 16.5 million btu/ton Corrugated cardboard: 13 million btu/ton Office paper: 10.1 million btu/ton Mixed paper: 6.7 million btu/ton Glass bottles: 2.1 million btu/ton *Note: There are 5.8 million British thermal units (Btu) in a barrel of oil and 0.125 million Btu in a gallon of gasoline.