Recycling Resources

There's a lot of information available over the Internet on recycling. Many schools and universities have very active recycling programs. We can learn much from many of these successful programs.

This page is a good source for recycling information:

K-State Facilities Recycling - this is the gears behind the K-State recycling. There staff and custodial crew pick up most of the recyclable materials and campus to be delivered to Howie's for recycle processing. View their site (the original recycling website on campus) for additional contact information and to see the volumes of recycled materials from previous years.

 

K-State Student Groups - several student groups and programs are involved with recycling on campus. SEA (Students for Environmental Action) has promoted recycling on campus for over 6 years. Greeks Going Green is a new program involving 15+ sororities and fraternities with recycling. The Campus Stewardship Sustainable Committee is working to better implement recycling across camping with the campus Master Plan. Please get involved with any of these groups.

 

Local Recycling - K-State works with Howie's Recycling and Riley County with recycling. Howie's is a major partner who accepts most of the recyclable materials generated from the K-State Campus. Riley County offers a recycling service that includes used oil, latex paint, batteries, as well as hazardous wastes disposal. Types of recycling waste accepted. The 2007-2008 Flint Hills Recycling Directory (8 page PDF, 843kb).

 

National Information - everyone is getting behind the recycling movement. We will expand this list soon.

 

 

 

 

 

Other Universities - numerous universities have very successful recycling programs. All of our goals are similar in the we are diverting disposable "useable" waste and reusing it. Most Big 12 schools are involved with recycling. A couple noteworthy programs include University of Colorado, Texas A&M, and KU. Other favorites college programs include University of Oregon, USC- Long Beach, and Boston University to name a few.