Where to recycle on UA’s campus?
If you have aluminum, cardboard, paper,
or plastic please utilize a properly labeled
recycling bin!
Who do I contact if I have questions
about specific materials?
Batteries:
Randall Winters • 205-348-4808
[email protected]
SEE HOW
Ink and Toner Cartridges,
Paper Clips and Rubber Bands:
Mike Butts • 205- 348-2277
[email protected]
Plastic, Aluminum, Cardboard,
Scrap Metal and Paper :
Charlie Boswell • 205-348-5700
[email protected]
UA Electronic Waste and Furniture:
Tina Dorroh • 205-348-7503
[email protected]
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
RECYCLING
recycling.ua.edu
1115 14th Street
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
Phone: (205) 348-7502
Fax: (205) 348-9169
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA RECYCLING
How can you help?
What We Recycle:
• Aluminum Cans
• Cell Phone Recycling
• Composting (from Dining Halls)
• Computers, Monitors, Printers,
Scanners, Keyboards & Mice
• Grease (from Dining Halls)
• Light Bulbs
• Motor Oil & Car Batteries
• Types of office Paper that can be
recycled : (Books/Directories,
Cardboard, Colored Paper,
Computer Paper, Copier Paper, Envelopes, Index Cards, NCR Paper
Newspaper, Notebook Paper,
Magazines, Shredded Paper)
• Plastic (all types)
• Scrap Metal (all types)
• Toner Cartridges
Items that we do not recycle:
• Aluminum Foil
• Aluminum Pans
• Food Wrappers
• Glass
• Wood
REDUCE:
Buy only products with minimal
packaging.
Make double sided copies and print
on both sides of your paper.
Buy recycled products when ever
possible. Put forth the effort to recycle.
REUSE:
Use reusable bags instead of plastic
or paper bags for groceries.
FUN RECYCLING FACTS
1.The average person generates over
4 pounds of trash every day and about
1.5 tons of solid waste per year.
2.Over 75% of waste is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it.
3.We generate 21.5 million tons of food
waste each year. If we composted that food, it would reduce the same amount of greenhouse gas as taking 2 million cars off the road.
4.Recycling one aluminum can saves
enough energy to listen to a full album
on your iPod. Recycling 100 cans could light your bedroom for two whole
weeks.
Use refillable mugs instead of paper
cups.
5.Recycling aluminum cans saves 95%
of the energy used to make aluminum
cans from new material.
Reuse scrap paper and cardboard
boxes.
RECYCLE:
Recycle everything that you can in
order to eliminate solid waste.
REUSE
REDUCE
RECYCLE
OUR MISSION - To provide the University of Alabama community a means of
6.Americans throw away 25,000,000
plastic bottles every hour.
7.Over 87% of Americans have access to
curbside or drop-off paper recycling
programs.
8.Recycling creates and saves jobs.
When you recycle you ensure others
have a job.
9.In 2010, paper recycling had increased
over 89% since 1990.
10.If every American recycled just one tenth of their newspaper, we could
save about 25 million trees each year.
diverting recyclables from the waste stream while promoting the benefits of recycling.
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