Recycling Basics

What's Recyclable?

Please make sure these items are empty, clean and dry before placing them in a campus recycling container:

  • Cardboard, newspaper and magazines

    • Newspaper inserts, catalogs, paperback books, phone books and brochures.

  • Metal cans

    • All food and beverage metals, including steel, tin, bi-metal and aluminum.

  • Paper

    • Envelopes, office paper, junk mail, greeting cards and file folders. Shredded paper should be put in a paper bag before placing in a recycling container.

  • Paper food containers and cartons
    • Juice boxes, egg and milk cartons and cereal and pasta boxes.
  •  Plastics
    • Plastics labeled #1, #2 and #5 on the bottom of containers inside the recycling arrows.

Not Recyclable

Do not dispose of these Items in a campus recycling container:

  • Batteries
  • Bio-hazardous waste
  • Cables
  • Ceramics
  • Clothes
  • Construction debris
  • Diapers
  • Dishes or mirrors
  • Egg cartons
  • Electronics
  • Food or liquid waste
  • Glass
  • Greasy food containers
  • Hardback books
  • Hazardous waste
  • Holiday decorations
  • Hoses
  • Ice cream cartons (wax-coated)
  • Light bulbs
  • Plastic bags
  • Plastic food wrappers
  • Plastic straws
  • Plastic without numbers
  • Polystyrene foam
  • Scrap metal
  • Shoes
  • Tissue
  • To-go lids
  • Tools
  • Toys
  • Yard waste

Recycling Pickup Schedule

Monday

  • Administrative Center
  • Atterbury Student Success Center
  • Cherry Hall
  • Durwood Stadium
  • Fine Arts Building
  • Flarsheim Hall
  • General Services Building
  • Miller Nichols Library
  • Olson Performing Arts Center
  • Plaster Center
  • Royall Hall
  • Scofield Hall
  • Swinney Center

Tuesday

  • 4741 Troost Ave.
  • 4747 Troost Ave.
  • 5305 Holmes St.
  • 5306 Holmes St.
  • Bloch Executive Hall
  • Bloch Heritage Hall
  • Education Building
  • Grant Hall
  • Haag Hall
  • Johnson Hall
  • Manheim Hall
  • Newcomb Hall
  • Royall Hall
  • School of Law
  • Subway - Health Sciences Campus

Wednesday

  • 5215 Rockhill Rd.
  • 5301 Rockhill Rd.
  • Atterbury Student Success Center
  • Biological Sciences Building
  • Fine Arts Building
  • Flarsheim Hall
  • Information Services - Cherry Street Parking Garage
  • Katz Hall
  • The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures
  • Plaster Center
  • Royall Hall
  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Medicine
  • Spencer Hall
  • Student Services - Brookside 51
  • Swinney Center

Thursday

  • 4747 Troost Ave.
  • Administrative Center
  • Berkley Child Development Center
  • Bloch Executive Hall
  • Bloch Heritage Hall
  • Cherry Hall
  • Cockefair Hall
  • Durwood Stadium
  • General Services Building
  • Miller Nichols Library
  • Oak Street Hall
  • Royall Hall
  • School of Law
  • Scofield Hall

Friday

  • Biological Sciences Building
  • Education Building
  • Grant Hall
  • Health Sciences Bulding
  • IS - Cherry Street Parking Garage
  • The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures
  • Royall Hall
  • School of Dentistry
  • Spencer Hall
  • Subway - Health Sciences Campus
  • Swinney Center

Contact Information

For questions regarding recycling, email Custodial Services or call 816-235-1620.