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Recycling Forecast

Check out our collection schedule to find out when we will be collecting in your building.

Total Tons Recycled

Since 1992 KU Recycling has diverted over 5,396 tons of recyclable material from the waste stream. Click here to see a breakdown of tonnage over the years. (Last Updated 9/10/08)

Where does it all go?

Everything you put in the recycling bin gets recycled into useful products. Click here to see how it all comes back to you.

The Environmental Stewardship Program (ESP) assists the campus community develop and implement waste reduction and recycling programs. We strive to make a positive impact on campus through our service performance and our efforts to encourage waste reduction and recycling.

News and Notes

Moving Out?

It's time to pack up and move out of student housing. If you don't plan on taking it all with you, don't just throw it all away. Let KU Recycling help!

Click here for more information.

Drop-Off Recycling On-Campus

Is your recycling piling up at home? Bring it to campus!

Any Time, Any Day
West Park & Ride Lot (Southwest Corner of Lot 302) off 23rd Street
(parking available next to trailer while unloading only)

Click here for KU Recycling drop-off sorting guidelines.

Office Move or Clean-Out

KU Recycling can provide your office with recycling totes of various sizes to best suit your needs. To request containers, call KU Recycling at 864-2855.

Click here for details.

Surplus Property Recycling

If you have items you would like to have removed from your office, please send a detailed list of the items for collection, including contact information, to FO Work Management through campus mail or fax, 864-4707, to coordinate pick up. Due to the nature of our collection schedule, please allow several days notice.

Click here for details and to view our current inventory.

Deskside Office Paper Recycling Grant from KDHE

ESP is partnering with FO Housekeeping to implement a deskside recycling pilot project in select campus buildings. This voluntary pilot project is funded by a grant from the Solid Waste Tonnage Fee Fund from the Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE).

Click here for more information.

New Baling Equipment Purchased with Grant from KDHE

Thanks to a grant from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the Environmental Stewardhsip Program purchased new baling equipment that will help make KU Recycling more efficient and allow for future expansion of other recycling services on campus.

Click here for details.