Where do USU’s recyclables and trash go?
Trash goes to the Logan Landfill, which is nearing capacity. Recyclables go to the nearest, highest bidder. At the Recycling Center at USU we separate and compact the paper, cardboard, plastics, aluminum, glass, tin-coated steel cans, rigid styrofoam etc. and prepare them for shipment. Mixed paper goes to a company in Hyrum , Utah that uses it for insulation, glass goes to a company here in Logan , Utah that puts it into floor tile, and white paper etc may be shipped as far away as Japan for recycling.
