Bee Campus
We are a certified bee campus. What does this mean? Learn about the seven requirements for bee campuses (and more).
Free Store
The UT Recycling Free Store is a community-based resource meant to help UT students reduce their environmental impact and save money.
Grow Lab
The Grow Lab is a new campus garden that is a living laboratory to promote experiential and service-learning. Grow Lab demonstrates ecological food production methods and encourages community engagement.
Move-Out Donations
UT Recycling partners with Smokey’s Pantry, Goodwill and other area non-profits at the end of each semester to ensure that items students haven’t used during the semester don’t end up in the trash can. Instead, students can donate new and certain lightly used items in their residence halls during the move-out period.
Recycling and Composting
Our goal is to convert our university into a Zero Waste institution by diverting at least 90% of all waste from the landfill through reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting practices.
Smokey’s Pantry
Smokey’s Pantry is the first food pantry at the university and we focus our services on the students, faculty, and staff of our university.
Tree Campus
UT Knoxville was recognized as a Tree Campus USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation in April 2018. Learn about the five standards that we must meet to be considered a tree campus (and more).