Waste Programs on Campus

The Waste and Recycling program encourages source reduction, green purchasing, reuse, recycling, and the responsible disposal of trash.

Through reuse and recycling, the campus community has discovered that making a small effort can achieve large results. Since the program began in 1990, the recycling program has recycled more than 107 million pounds of material. Continued support will be necessary to reduce our overall waste, and improve our ecological footprint.

To make it easier for consumers on campus to know where to throw their waste, and reduce contamination, we're in the process of color coding all of our waste bins and signage to match a specific waste stream.  This initiative is called our Waste Uniformity Project.  We have also launched a waste disposal search engine so that campus community members can know how to Put Waste In Its Place properly.

Click on the color-coded links below to learn more about each of our campus waste streams.  

For other information, click on one of these links below: