Operations

Operational Structure and Facilities
Campus Recycling at the University of Oregon is an organizational arm of Facilities Services. Campus Recycling employs a Recycling Program Manager and four full time Recycling Coordinators who direct all program operations and manage a crew of approximately 40 student workers.

  

Primary operations include: regular recycling services; special events recycling; ongoing educational and promotional activities; and grassroots environmental efforts. Permanent recycling facilities include a central receiving and processing warehouse, an administrative center, and a crew office located in the University's Erb Memorial Student Union. Additional staging areas are sited in several areas on campus (generally loading docks).

The full-time staff jobs and responsibilities are delineated as follows: Position Responsibilities: Program Manager All faucets of program direction and management. Recycling Operations Supervisor Hiring, training, operational support, scheduling and special projects. Paper Coordinator All Paper Recycling operations and warehouse management. Student Coordinator All Van operations, special-areas operations, and data base and records maintenance and management. Housing Coordinator All Housing operations, promotions, education and safety issues. (For more information see about us)

The Program's organizational structure is based upon a delineation of operational functions: recyclable material types and campus service areas. The operational division, is based upon service-area types and occurs between University Academic and Office Buildings, and University Housing. Although operational procedures are relatively constant between the 2 service-area types, important differences deriving from the uniqueness of servicing University residential areas dictate variations on the basic Program procedures as applied to each area type.

There are over 2500 recycling collection sites for paper, bottles and cans, cardboard and kitchen recyclables.