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Special Event Recycling: The Future Of Unlv's Recycling Program, Katherine A. Baker
Special Event Recycling: The Future Of Unlv's Recycling Program, Katherine A. Baker
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The current recycling program on the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) campus does not have a special event recycling aspect. The purpose of this study was to develop a special event recycling program and make recommendations of how to effectively implement it on the UNLV campus. In order to develop this special event recycling program data was collected through surveys and a pilot study. The data collected was then used to formulate recommendations. Recycling two different kinds of events, a walk and a concert tested those recommendations. Waste stream analyses were done on each event. The waste stream diversion …