Batteries are considered hazardous waste and should be disposed of properly with Environmental Health and Safety. For more information,
contact EH&S at 346-3192.
See detail in Special Materials List

If you have extra bubble wrap, contact Mail Services at 346.3130.
Or contact the Paper Recycling Coordinator at 346-5275.

CD's (includes CD-ROM's and audio CD's and cases): If you have a small quantity of these, send them in campus mail to Campus Recycling otherwise, call the Paper Recycling Coordinator at 346-5275 to arrange for a pick-up.

Post consumer food waste, compostable paper and food ware labeled "compostable" can be composted at public sites in all of the EMU food service locations and in selected Housing Food Service areas. This includes compostable coffee cups that are specifically labeled.

To compost at campus catered events, contact 541-346-2354 to order this service and get a cost estimate. Composting and Recycling at campus events, conferences, meetings etc..are no-charge for student groups only.

If your department would like to set-up a regular compost collection, please contact 541-346-2354 for a cost estimate and to order this service. There is a charge for department composting.

The disposition of both usable and scrap computer components and office equipment is handled by the University Property Control Specialist at 346- 3190.
  This includes:

For a complete construction/demolition recycling guide, please contact the Campus Recycling Program Manager at 346-1545.

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All campus electronics and UO property goes through Property Management. Contact 541-346-3190 to recycle any campus electronics or UO property.

Also, you can post things you want to keep on campus to:
surplus.uoregon.edu

The central kitchen for University Housing collects pre-consumer (prepared, unserved) food for use by Food For Lane County.

Tips

Please contact Environmental Health and Safety at 346-3192 to dispose of all potentially hazardous waste including aerosol cans, latex and enamel paint, paint thinner, photo fixers, fluorescent tubes, toners and all types of batteries.

Lane County Waste Management operates a household hazardous waste disposal day promotion twice a year. Watch the local paper and contact Lane County Solid Waste Management at 687-4119 for more information.

University junk mail postcards, designed to stop companies from sending unnecessary mailings to campus offices, are available at the Department of Printing at 346-3794 for about $4 per 100. Please encourage your departments to use these!

You can also remove your name or your department's name from direct mailing lists by using the Mail Preference Service. Cards are available at the University Post Office or from Campus Recycling.

Place cartridge in box next to recycling site. Mark on box: FOR RECYCLING and it'll get picked up with department recycling collection. For more information contact the Paper Recycling Coordinator at 346-5275.

Re-manufactured cartridges are the best performing recycled cartridges and cost less than half the price of a new cartridge. Many campus departments have been using these for years and have saved money and been satisfied with the product. Consider trying a re-manufactured laser cartridge for your next purchase.

Uncontaminated metal including: aluminum foil, steel cans, aluminum pie pans, etc. can be recycled in "metal" recycling bins. Please remove labels and flatten.
See detail in Special Materials List

Note: These days food cans are made from steel. Occasionally these will have a tin coating inside. Likewise, foil is made from aluminum not tin.

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Paper should be placed in appropriate recycling bins according to the bin signs. If you have an unusual sized load, an office clean-out, or have questions concerning guidelines, contact Paper Recycling Coordinator at 346-5275..

If you are cleaning out your office, please contact Paper Recycling at 346-5275. We'll give you separate bins for your clean-out. Please don't overload regular recycling sites, call us!

The University community receives phone books twice a year: one campus directory and one U.S. West phone book. You can also opt out of getting a hard copy phone book, contact Telecomm for more information.

Campus directories can be recycled intact as regular colored paper, keep the glossy covers on. These can go with the regular recycling.

U.S. West phone books are collected by request only. Please designate a phone book recycling collection point in your department. Contact Paper Recycling Coordinator at 346-5275 to arrange a pickup of 25 or more phone books. If you have a small department, please wait until you have collected as many as you can, and then contact us. Phone books can be recycled with the covers on.
See detail in Special Materials List

The only plastics that can be recycled in Lane County are BOTTLES, TUBS AND JARS, no lids, no #6.

Though many plastics have a recycling number stamped on them, please disregard these numbers and recycle plastics by type of container. Plastic BOTTLES, TUBS AND JARS can be recycling in the "bottles and cans" receptacles. Large plastic lids and plastic bags are not accepted. See Styrofoam for more information.

***NOTE ON PLASTICS***

Unfortunately, the entire plastics market is unstable. Less then 1% of all plastics get recycled. PET (polyethylene tri-chloride) and HDPE (high density polyethylene which is the plastic used to make milk jugs), are the only plastics that have a market and account for most of the plastics that get recycled. There are over 1000 different resin types which cause an obstacle in identifying plastics for recycling. The Plastics Industry is doing little to establish and stabilize markets for viable plastics recycling. Unfortunately, even when there is a market for plastics, they are only able to recycle plastics into end use products that cannot be recycled again, AND plastics are not able to be recycled back into original form. This applies for ALL plastics recycling which includes block Styrofoam, meat trays and Styrofoam cups.

Please consider purchasing products that minimize plastic waste. Paper, metal, aluminum, cardboard, glass are stable in terms of consistency in recyclability. We are being led to believe that plastics are indeed being recycled and therefore are a good environmental choice. An increasing amount of consumer goods are not only being packaged in plastic, but are being made from plastic. Unfortunately, the plastics markets have never been stable. Hopefully this turns around as our world increases its consumption of plastics.

For campus materials contact 541-346-5275 for a pick-up of block styrofoam ONLY!.

For home block styrofoam, contact St Vincent De Paul at: (541) 687-5820.

See detail in Special Materials List

All campus surplus property goes through Property Management. Contact 541-346-3190 for more information.

Also check the surplus bulletin board to find things or re-allocate items on campus:

surplus.uoregon.edu

See detail in Special Materials List

Mixed Paper (non-white)
Includes:
Non-White Office Paper
Paper Board
Newspaper/Magazines
Bulk Mail
All Envelopes
NotBooks/Books

Recycle corrugated cardboard
by building dumpsters

Glass - Metal - Plastic
Includes:
Bottles & Cans
Aluminum & Steel
Drink Cartons
Jars & Tubs
Platic Bags

No Food or Liquid

Glass
Includes:
Bottles and Jars only

No Lids

Paper
Includes:
ALL Office Paper, including white
Paperboard
Newspaper/Magazines
Bulk Mail
All Envelopes
Notebooks/Books

Recycle corrugated cardboard
by building dumpsters

Metal - Plastic - Cartons
Includes:
Bottles & Cans
Aluminum & Steel
Platic Jars & Tubs
Drink Cartons
Platic Bags

No Food or Liquid