Written by Jenna Arnold, Editor-in-Chief.  Anyone walking around VSU’s campus and through its buildings might run across blue containers marked for various types of waste to be recycled – paper, plastic or aluminum. One might assume that waste would end up at a recycling plant. But the waste deposited in those recycling bins scattered around VSU’s campus go to the ...

There are many ways to have a more sustainable living and to recycle more, but it does become hard when someone lives in a cramped place like a dorm with a roommate. Fortunately, there are ways to go green while living on campus. Go Paperless Everyone seems to always have a computer or a phone with them which can be ...

VSU makes it clear that it supports helping the environment through recycling. But is VSU’s carbon footprint as heavy as it seems? VSU provides students and staff an easy way to recycle by putting several recycling bins around campus. There are even designated bins for different recycling materials like paper, cans and plastic. But what happens to the recyclable goods ...