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===Sustainability=== Sustainability efforts include a permanent sustainability office, a campus [[cogeneration]] plant, building upgrades and energy efficient building standards, behavior modification programs, purchasing local [[produce]] for campus dining, a farmers market, and student groups, as well as a branch of the [[Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective]].<ref name="sei2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/university-of-utah|title=University of Utah β Green Report Card 2009|publisher=Sustainability Endowments Institute|access-date=June 27, 2009|archive-date=August 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802150008/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2009/schools/university-of-utah|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sustainability and transportation are also a large part of the university's campus master plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facilities.utah.edu/static-content/facilitiesmanagement/files/pdf/2008_UofU_CMP_B_Executive_Summary.pdf|title=Executive Summary (23 MB)|work=Campus Master Plan|year=2008|publisher=University of Utah|pages=X|access-date=June 27, 2009|archive-date=June 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609195343/http://www.facilities.utah.edu/static-content/facilitiesmanagement/files/pdf/2008_UofU_CMP_B_Executive_Summary.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the university a "B+" in its College Sustainability Report Card 2011, with A's for [[climate change and energy]], food and recycling, student involvement, and transportation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-utah|title=University of Utah β Green Report Card 2011|publisher=Sustainability Endowments Institute|access-date=July 16, 2011|archive-date=October 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016184519/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-utah|url-status=dead}}</ref> The expanded recycling program launched on July 1, 2007. Since its launch, the program has continued to grow and refine its procedures to better accommodate a growing campus' needs. There are programs in place for paper, cardboard, aluminum, batteries, glass, printer cartridges, wooden pallets and plastics #1 and #2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facilities.utah.edu/facilities-services/u-recycling/|title=Facilities Management β Recycling at the U|access-date=May 1, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629165125/http://facilities.utah.edu/facilities-services/u-recycling/|archive-date=June 29, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Glass">{{cite web|last1=Andrews|first1=Emerson|title=Recycle Glass on Campus|url=https://sustainability.utah.edu/recycle-glass-on-campus/|website=U Sustainability|date=January 11, 2017 |publisher=University of Utah Office of Sustainability|access-date=May 14, 2017}}</ref>
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