Recycle bins are located across campus. Look for them both inside and outside buildings depending on the established recycling program. Thanks for doing your part in making recycling at K-State a success.
Newspapers, plastic bottles, and aluminum cans.
The following buildings offer inside recycle bins varying from newspaper, mixed paper, magazines, cardboard, and other materials.
Ackert Hall, Anderson, Bluemont, Bramlage, Call Hall, Cardwell, Chem-Bio-Chem, College Court, Dickens, Durland, Dole, Dykstra, Edwards, East Stadium, Eisenhower, English, Counseling, Fairchild, Foundation, Hale, Justin, Kedzie, Leasure, McCain, Nichols, Roberts (BRI), Seaton, Throckmorton, Thompson, Umberger, Union, Vet-Med, Ward, Weber, Willard, Waters
K-State offers desk-side recycling to faculty and staff in the following buildings. Look for K-State to expand this across the campus. Items that are recycled are newspaper, mixed paper, and magazines.
Several living groups have recycle bins either within or outside their building. Look for more living groups to participate in the future.
Current dormitories participating include: Derby, Haymaker, Moore, Smurthwaite, Jardin
The Greeks Going Green recycling program started Fall 2007. All 11 sororities and 5 fraternities are participating. Houses are encouraged to recycle mixed paper, newspaper, plastic, aluminum, and magazines. A big thanks for those involved: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Farmhouse, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Phi Kappa Theta. For more GGG information, contact Molly Hamm, mollyh@ksu.edu .
A significant bulk of recycling materials on campus is cardboard. Thanks to the following building for providing large "cardboard only" dumpsters.
Ackert Hall, Ahearn, Bluemont, Bramlage, Cardwell, Call Hall, Durland, Dykstra, Foundation, Hale Library, Leasure, Post Office, Roberts (BRI), Seaton, Throckmorton, Union, Vet-Med, and Weber.
Contact:
Facilities Services
103 Power Plant
532-6446
recycles@ksu.edu

2007 total recycled materials were over 330 tons!
Paper takes up as much as 50 percent of all landfill space. The average person in North America uses 250 kg of paper each year. If they recycle it, each person would save about 4.6 average-sized trees.

Outside bins behind Umberger Hall.
A stack of newspaper collected for recycling and piled one meter high, saves a 10 meter tall evergreen tree.
Check out these five downloadable & printable signs to help label your recycling bins... Do your part... Get Caught Recycling!
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Magazines and Phone Books
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Aluminum Cans
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Mixed Paper
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Newspaper
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Plastic Bottles