Facilities Services - RECYCLE PROGRAM

Shawnee County Recycling Department now has three recycling containers on the Washburn campus. The containers are located on the south side of Henderson, near the loading dock. Each container is marked for "Cardboard", "Paper" or "Plastic Bottles".

The custodians continue to collect recycled material, so please continue putting your recyclable material in the blue recycling can in your area. If you have large quantities of recyclable material, please submit a Work Request from the Facilities Services I-Service Desk, so a pick up can be scheduled.

Facilities Services has also placed a few newly painted beige-color trash containers throughout the Washburn campus. Two containers are located behind Henderson loading dock, two at Washburn Village by the NW and SE vehicle gates, one by the Art Building, and one by the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. These containers are for trash only. Shawnee County Refuse Department empties these trash containers every morning, Monday through Friday.

We appreciate and wish to thank Washburn faculty, staff and students for your continued help and support of the recycling program. It is your support that has enabled the recycling program to collect, since August 2000, over 2 million pounds of recycled material.

RECYCLE UPDATE revised January 6, 2009

June 2009
TYPE OF MATERIAL
AMOUNT RECYCLED
(IN POUNDS)
Recycle Paper
12,500
Cardboard
4,500
Scrap Metal
8,000
Plastic Bottles
550
Fluorescent Lamps
0
Total Material Recycled
25,550
Total Trash/Waste Collected
26,000
Total weight of recycled material & trash collected by Grounds Crew
51,550
% of Trash Recycled
49.56%
Total material recycled from August 2000 to Present.
2,222,632

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Recycling Overview

Purpose:  The key for a successful recycling program at Washburn is the participation and support from the administration, faculty, staff and students.  With our dwindling natural resources, landfills and global warming, recycling will benefit everyone in our community with a cleaner environment, a more attractive campus, an economic advantage for the university, and move the campus towards sustainability.

The following items can be disposed of in the blue recycling container for paper:

  • Colored or white paper
  • Computer printouts
  • Accounting ledgers
  • Time cards
  • Envelopes
  • Folders
  • Pamphlets
  • Brochures
  • Newspapers
  • Junk mail
  • Catalogs

Other Material :

  • Cardboard should be deposited in or near the recycling containers.
  • Phone books go in specified phone book recycling containers.
  • Plastic pop bottles should be deposited into plastic recycling containers.
  • Glossy paper such as magazines should go in regular trash.
  • Any paper products contacted with food or beverages should go in regular trash.

 

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Page updated by Shelby Peek on July 20, 2009 4:58 PM

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