For the following items please contact the departments specified.
- Plastic bags
- Drop off with the Biology lab supervisor in Stoffer Science Hall.
- Electronics
- Disposed through the IT Department.
- Hard-backed books
- The University does not have a recycling option at this time although there is an option called Orion Waste Solutions. Evidently they take both paperbacks and HARDBACK books as well as other recyclable materials. An 8-yard dumpster costs ~$2,500/month and they pick up once a week. Please deal directly with them for large clean-outs.
- Alternatively Pages can be removed from books or the binding sawed off and then the paper stock can be deposited into the Washburn University "single stream" recycling.
- Rechargeable batteries
- Facilities Services, contact the sustainability coordinator at (785) 670-1132 for pick up or make a Facilities Services work request.
- Furniture and Office equipment
- Disposed through the Surplus Department or donated to Habitat ReStore. For these items please coordinate disposal with the Purchasing Inventory Manager at (785) 670-2313 and then submit a Facilities Services work request to include your foapal.
- Toner cartridges
- Return to manufacturer.
- With return labels;
- Some manufacturers such as Hewlett Packard supply return labels with new cartridges, other manufacturers such as OKI require you to fill out return labels from their website.
- Seal box and affix return label according to directions on the toner cartridge box or manufacturers website, then either hand deliver or send box through campus mail to UMAPS.
- Without return labels;
- Collected by the IT Department (Bennett Computer Center room 104).
- With return labels;
- Return to manufacturer.
In addition to the above items, Facilities Services also recycles the following materials generated on campus as part of normal operations:
- Rechargeable Batteries (Lead acid, nickel, and lithium batteries)
- Scrap Metal
- Fluorescent Lamps
- Anti-Freeze
- Motor oil
- Tires
- Paint
- Wood pallets
- Yard waste/brush