Environmental Stewardship Program


In an effort to create more efficient and effective routes we are currently adjusting our collection schedule and thus customers may experience a limited and temporary delay in service.

The Environmental Stewardship Program provides recycling services to most academic, administrative, and residential buildings on campus. Recycling collections are divided by buildings, most buildings are visited once per week. The largest/busiest buildings are visited twice each week.

The cardboard dumpsters that are located outside of some buildings are collected on a different schedule than the interior locations. They are emptied regularly according to the rate at which they are usually filled.

Most deskside collection containers (used by housekeeping staff to collect from offices throughout the week) are collected on Friday mornings.


Spring Semester 2013 Collection Schedule (.pdf file) Please note- this schedule may change without notice. If you find that your location hasn't been collected recently, please call us at 785-864-2855.

Please contact us here, if you would like to know more about the cardboard or deskside collection schedule, or to make a collection request.



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