Does Eastern Washington University Recycle?
The answer is a resounding YES! The university reduces, reuses, or recycles in many ways. Each building has recycle stations located on every floor. Desk side self-service recycle bins were implemented campus wide in 2010. EWU completed construction of its recycling center in 2015, a first of its kind facility! Both the self-service bins and the recycling center encourage students, staff, and faculty to think about disposal methods, reducing, reusing, or recycling.
Call 359.2245 if a recycle station is overflowing.
- Cardboard
- Aluminum Cans
- Plastic bottles
- Milk jugs
- Paper
- Tin Cans
- Phone Books
- Hard Bound Books
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Office pack paper
- Mixed waste paper
- Batteries from the UPS and small C, D, AA, AAA from small equipment.
- Refrigerators /freezers/air conditioners/drinking fountains
- Pallets
- Cast aluminum
- Stainless steel
- Lead
- Brass from keys or plumbing fixtures
- Copper
- Electrical wire
Electronic recycling: IT is responsible for information removal from all equipment & machines prior to removal by DBA Inland Re-Tec LLC:
- CPU
- Monitors
- Printers
- Televisions
- Laptops
- Telephones
- Cameras
- Ink Cartridges collected by university Post Office and picked up by Office Depot for recycling.
- EWU Paint shop recycles paint thinner for reuse.
- All metal from campus is collected and picked up by Pacific Steel.
- EWU Electric Shop recycle fluorescent light tubes through state contract.
- Cast aluminum, when needed, is given to departments for students to melt and recast for projects. Steel and other scrap is used in sculptures for class projects
- Central Warehouse reuses packing materials for campus distribution of orders.
- EWU Automotive Shop recycle used antifreeze & oil.
- All confidential documents shredded by DeVries are turned into egg carton material.
- EWU Landscape Maintenance collect and chip all debris from pruning and reuse as mulch in planting beds or on the cross country trail on the west side of the university.
- Surplus Sales Store
- Reuse of state resources in another location. Surplus of items no longer needed on campus.
- Used furniture
- Used clothing
- Used electronics
- Surplus office supplies
- Athletic equipment
- Used vehicles & equipment
Athletic events, e.g. basketball, football, soccer etc.
Recycle stations and collection at all large events held outside including barbecues, commencement, etc.
Contractors are encouraged to utilize our on campus resources for recycling, e.g. cardboard and metal recycling dumpsters in the Industrial Yard.
American Onsite has a 20 yard dumpster stationed at EWU Industrial yard for collection and reuse of all wood debris from the university.
