Campus Building Recycling

The Waste Reduction and Recycling Department collected recyclables for three years as single-stream or mixed recycling.  This means that all the paper, cardboard, plastic bottles #1 & #2 and aluminum/steel/tin cans were mixed into one recycling bin.  In December 2008, the department felt the impact of the economic downturn with the drastic drop in prices for recyclables worldwide, and the loss of the local single-stream recycling market.  This caused the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department to convert its collection program from single-stream collection to a sorted collection.  The sorted program will sort recyclables into three main categories:  Mixed Paper, Plastic & Aluminum (plastic bottles #1 & #2, aluminum/steel/tins cans) & Cardboard. 

The following changes will occur across campus during 2011:

Administrative & Classroom Buildings:

New Labels & Deskside Bins for MIXED PAPER ONLY

Click here to view a list of acceptable and non-acceptable types of mixed paper.

BEVERAGE CONTAINER-ONLY BINS (Plastic Bottles #1 & #2, Aluminum/Steel/Tin Cans) will be located in break rooms & high traffic areas inside buildings. PLEASE EMPTY AND RINSE ALL BEVERAGE CONTAINERS BEFORE RECYCLING

Custodial Staff will place sorted recyclables in 95 gallon roll-carts

Flatten cardboard boxes and place in blue cardboard-only dumpsters

Click here to see which buildings have the new program, and which ones are in line for the changes.

Your participation, comments and suggestions are very important during this pilot program.  You may contact the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department by sending an e-mail to aureuse@auburn.edu.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Rethink!