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The University of Arkansas intercollegiate athletics and facilities management departments have instituted a recycling program for all home football and basketball games. While final numbers aren’t yet available, the program has so far produced more the 45 tons of recycled materials, diverting more than a third of the waste stream from Fayetteville area landfills. Five hundred recycling boxes have been provided by Waste Management, Inc. The program will continue through the spring’s Razorback home baseball games.

“In our first year one of the main goals is fan awareness. We want our fans to know that they have a chance to recycle their trash, not just throw it away. This year most of the recycled material has been picked up by our clean-up crews after the fans leave, but with time we expect fans will start noticing and using the green recycling boxes around the stadium and the arena.” — Justin Maland, assistant athletic director for facilities.

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