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- Convert to a single-stream recycling program to cut costs, increase recycling rates, and keep the streets cleaner!
- Remodel the University's recycling website to be more user friendly.
- Keep a page in the University's sustainability guide to keep students up to date on current recycling news concerning annual or monthly rates, as well as University's goals and expectations.
- Share a campus-wide sustainability newsletter email.
- Distribute instructional materials on University recycling.

Recommendations Previously Offered & Implemented
Building Recycling Rates
On the University’s waste management website is a file containing the recycling rates of all the buildings on campus. For the majority of the buildings, recycling rates have increased from 2011 to 2012!
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The average building recycling rate of those measured was 42.0%​
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- In 2012, Angell, Haven, Mason, and Tisch Hall combined recycled 30.8% of their waste: this is a 4.6% increase from 2011.​
- In 2012, the Dana Building and Randall Lab combined recycled 54.1% of their waste: this is a 2.6% increase from 2011
- In 2012, the Chemistry Building recycled 48.3% of its waste: this is a 6.7% increase from 2011.
- In 2012, Dennison and CC Little combined recycled 21.8% of their waste: this is a .9% increase from 2011
- In 2012, East Hall recycled 34.0% of its waste: this is a 2.9% increase from 2011
- In 2012, Hill Auditorium, the Modern Languages Building, and the Burton Memorial Tower combined recycled 36.5% of their waste: this is a 7.8% increase from 2011.
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