{"id":35609,"date":"2024-06-10T09:04:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T16:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/?page_id=35609"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:36:15","slug":"recycling-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/facilities-services\/recycling-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-47a3a0e6\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-5b0e048b\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-ee00e00b\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ee00e00b\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Recycle | Get T\u00fc Class\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/az3w79yN71w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2024\/06\/image-10-1024x678.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2024\/06\/image-10-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2024\/06\/image-10-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2024\/06\/image-10-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2024\/06\/image-10-1536x1017.png 1536w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2024\/06\/image-10.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewuphoto\/sets\/72157651712799830\/\">Recycle Center Opening Images<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-db7743c4\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-db7743c4\">\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Does Eastern Washington University Recycle?<br><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer is a resounding <strong>YES<\/strong>! 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call<strong> 359.2245<\/strong> if a recycle station is overflowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b8ea20bb gb-accordion\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fc47554a gb-accordion__item\" data-transition=\"slide\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-ee2ed113 gb-accordion__toggle\" id=\"gb-accordion-toggle-ee2ed113\"><span class=\"gb-button-text\">Products that the Recycling Department gathers and processes from all buildings for recycling:<\/span><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" role=\"img\" class=\"gb-accordion__icon\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" role=\"img\" class=\"gb-accordion__icon-open\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n\n\n<div id=\"gb-accordion-content-691e05dd\" class=\"gb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-691e05dd\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cardboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aluminum Cans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plastic bottles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Milk jugs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tin Cans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phone Books<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hard Bound Books<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Newspapers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magazines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Office pack paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mixed waste paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Batteries from the UPS and small C, D, AA, AAA from small equipment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refrigerators \/freezers\/air conditioners\/drinking fountains<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pallets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cast aluminum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stainless steel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brass from keys or plumbing fixtures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electrical wire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-25d6b18c gb-accordion__item\" data-transition=\"slide\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-58451a4d gb-accordion__toggle\" id=\"gb-accordion-toggle-58451a4d\"><span class=\"gb-button-text\">Other areas in which EWU reuses, reduces or recycles:<\/span><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" role=\"img\" class=\"gb-accordion__icon\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" role=\"img\" class=\"gb-accordion__icon-open\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n\n\n<div id=\"gb-accordion-content-d65aea4f\" class=\"gb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d65aea4f\">\n\n<p>Electronic recycling: IT is responsible for information removal from all equipment &amp; machines prior to removal by DBA Inland Re-Tec LLC:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Printers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Televisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laptops<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telephones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cameras<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ink Cartridges collected by university Post Office and picked up by Office Depot for recycling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EWU Paint shop recycles paint thinner for reuse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All metal from campus is collected and picked up by Pacific Steel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EWU Electric Shop recycle fluorescent light tubes through state contract.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cast aluminum, when needed, is given to departments for students to melt and recast for projects.&nbsp; Steel and other scrap is used in sculptures for class projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Central Warehouse reuses packing materials for campus distribution of orders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EWU Automotive Shop recycle used antifreeze &amp;&nbsp;oil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All confidential documents shredded by DeVries are&nbsp;turned into egg carton material.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surplus Sales Store<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reuse of state resources in another location.&nbsp; Surplus of items no longer needed on campus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Used furniture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Used clothing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Used electronics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surplus office supplies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Athletic equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Used vehicles &amp; equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cb5d8761 gb-accordion__item\" data-transition=\"slide\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-bc05ad80 gb-accordion__toggle\" id=\"gb-accordion-toggle-bc05ad80\"><span class=\"gb-button-text\">Other specialized collection that is targeted:<\/span><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" role=\"img\" class=\"gb-accordion__icon\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" role=\"img\" class=\"gb-accordion__icon-open\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n\n\n<div id=\"gb-accordion-content-5a34e8a0\" class=\"gb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5a34e8a0\">\n\n<p>Athletic events, e.g. basketball, football, soccer etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recycle stations and collection at all large events held outside including barbecues, commencement, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contractors are encouraged to utilize our on campus resources for recycling, e.g. cardboard and metal recycling dumpsters in the Industrial Yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American Onsite has a 20 yard dumpster stationed at EWU Industrial yard for collection and reuse of all wood debris from the university.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":33702,"featured_media":0,"parent":35593,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35609","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35609"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36261,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35609\/revisions\/36261"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}