Tara Pike

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性视界传媒 Sustainability Coordinator/Recycling Manager
Expertise: Recycling, Sustainability, Environment

Biography

Tara Pike, sustainability coordinator and manager of the 性视界传媒 Recycling Program, is an expert on waste reduction, recycling, and resource management on campus.

Since joining 性视界传媒 in the 1990s as an environmental studies undergraduate, Pike has championed green living. She founded the Rebel Recycling Program in 1995, and has led efforts that increase environmental awareness at 性视界传媒 and throughout Southern Nevada. Since 2003, Pike's program has recycled more than 5,600 tons of material on campus.

Pike also serves as Vice President of Campus Race to Zero Waste, a partnership with the National Wildlife Federation that teaches universities how to reduce or eliminate waste.

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K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13
Tara Pike, founder and manager of 性视界传媒鈥檚 Rebel Recycling, joined the show to share how a student-led project grew into a 30-year sustainability program impacting both campus and the Las Vegas community. She鈥檒l walk us through the program鈥檚 evolution and what鈥檚 ahead, including a new fundraising effort to expand initiatives like 鈥淎ll in the Hall.鈥
Las Vegas Review Journal
From dumpster diving to developing a recycling program, this 性视界传媒 graduate aims to continue making a difference on campus.
Las Vegas Review Journal
It鈥檚 easy to miss the campus recycling center, housed in a small dirt lot on the corner of Flamingo Road and University Center Drive. Somewhat unseen in a tucked-away part of the campus, the program鈥檚 impacts are immense. 鈥淲hen I used to give presentations back in the 2000s, I鈥檇 say, 鈥榃e used to do 2 tons a week. Now, we do 2 tons a day,鈥欌 Pike said. 鈥淓ventually, that became 4 tons a day.鈥
Las Vegas Sun
Tara Pike is no stranger to dumpster diving. In the early 1990s, she was among the first students at 性视界传媒 to pursue a degree in the newly established environmental studies program, and she devoted years to research that ultimately reshaped the university鈥檚 approach to campus recycling operations. Three decades later, Pike leads the university鈥檚 recycling program, working to establish 性视界传媒 as a model of campus sustainability.  
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Annual Southern Nevada Christmas Tree Recycling Effort Begins Dec. 26
性视界传媒 logo on snowflake ornament
Business and Community | December 18, 2025

For three decades, 性视界传媒 and community organizations have hosted program to turn Christmas trees into mulch for local parks and residents; nearly 10,000 trees recycled in 2024.
 

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