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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

A blue, plastic recycling bin with a white U+2672 Universal Recycling Symbol printed on it. A red Santa hat illustration is overlaid on the recycling bin.

This holiday season, take your trash out the right way

Here’s a few ways to give back to Mother Earth before you leave for winter break.
Naisha Roy, Staff Writer December 13, 2022

With winter break approaching, most of us are just trying to make it through finals week long enough to see the holiday lights at the end of the tunnel. However, with all the excitement...

Influential 2019

Influential 2019

December 5, 2019

Dumpsters stacked haphazardly on top of other dumpsters near the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

On Bodies of Trash

A counter-archive of the cast away trash in the city.
Marva Shi, Deputy Multimedia Editor December 5, 2019

Plastic-watching

Plastic-watching

Anna-Dmitry Muratova, UTA Senior Reporter December 5, 2019

The day before the first snow Almost fell,  Went bird-watching  In Bryant Park.  Instead of birds watched  A Walgreens bag,  Flopping in the wind.    Didn’t...

A trash bin overflows with food scraps, containers and papers in Kimmel's seventh-floor student lounge. Some of these items could be recycled. (Staff Photo by Katie Peurrung)

Busting the Myth About NYU Recycling

Where does the garbage chute actually lead?
Anna-Dmitry Muratova, Deputy Under the Arch Editor April 22, 2019

Compost, landfill and recycling bins litter NYU’s Washington Square campus. Whether separated or joined, each is decorated with appropriate signage and coloring — green for...

Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development participated in a summit to combat food waste on Oct. 3.

Activists Combat Global Food Waste at NYU

Belle Lu, Contributing Writer October 4, 2018
Leading food thinkers convened at NYU to combat high global rates of food waste, obesity and malnutrition.
Traumatized trash can can't take it anymore

HUMOR: Overflowing Dorm Trash Can Unable to Hold On Much Longer

Noah Friend, Contributing Writer October 30, 2017
The pint of ice cream was what did it.
Since its inception in 2007, NYU's office of Sustainability has worked hard towards making NYU a greener school, and one of the many projects put in place is the Bikeshare program, which over 5,000 members of the NYU community participate in.

Turning Violet into Green: 9 Sustainability Efforts from the NYU Community

Kyle Sturmann, Staff Writer April 25, 2016
April is Earth Month at NYU: here are the initiatives the university has enacted to promote sustainability.
Three kids who discover a lost wallet in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.

‘Trash’ is Brazil’s ‘Slumdog Billionaire’

Patrick Pauley, Contributing Writer October 14, 2015
The light-hearted and family-friendly tones in "Trash" are not far from a deeper discussion about the slums of Brazil.
Professor Nagle has been working as a sanitation worker to study the types of things that are thrown away.

Professor becomes sanitation worker for research

Carmen Russo, Contributing Writer September 21, 2015
An NYU professor has been working as a sanitation worker, studying the types of things that people throw away.
Kaleel Munroe for WSN

MTA to remove trash containers at ten subway stations

September 4, 2012
The MTA has extended its pilot program of removing trash bins from subway platforms, which will implement a six-month monitoring and analysis process.