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Recycling Forecast

Check out our collection schedule to find out when we will be collecting in your building.

Total Tons Recycled

Since 1992 KU Recycling has diverted over 4,854 tons of recyclable material from the waste stream. Click here to see a breakdown of tonnage over the years. (Last Updated 7/20/07)

Where does it all go?

Everything you put in the recycling bin gets recycled into useful products. Click here to see how it all comes back to you.

The Environmental Stewardship Program (ESP) assists the campus community develop and implement waste reduction and recycling programs. We strive to make a positive impact on campus through our service performance and our efforts to encourage waste reduction and recycling.

News and Notes



Office Move or Clean Out
KU Recycling can provide your office with recycling totes of various sizes to best suit your needs. To request containers, call KU Recycling at 864-2855.

Click here for details.

Surplus Property Recycling
If you have items you would like to have removed from your office, please send a detailed list of the items for collection, including contact information, to FO Work Management through campus mail or fax, 864-4707, to coordinate pick up. Electronic Waste will be picked up by appointment only. Please do not stack electronic waste on or around the blue recycling centers. Click here to view our electronic waste disposal procedure. Due to the nature of our collection schedule, please allow several days notice.

Click here for details and to view our current inventory.

Confidential Document Disposal
ESP does not provide secure disposal for confidential documents. Material placed in recycling bins serviced by KU Recycling should only contain non-confidential and public information. We currently do not provide a paper/document shredding service. Departments have the option to either shred secure documents "in-house" or contact a paper/document shredding company to coordinate secure disposal. Please visit the KU Purchasing Office contracts website for more information about KU's "paper/document shredding" service provider options. If you have bagged shredded paper, we ask that you do not put bags in or on top of the recycling bins. Instead, contact the KU Recycling office at 864-2855 to schedule a special collection.

Click here for more information from the KU Privacy Office.

New Baling Equipment Purchased with Grant from KDHE
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Thanks to a grant from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the Environmental Stewardhsip Program purchased new baling equipment that will help make KU Recycling more efficient and allow for future expansion of other recycling services on campus.

Click here for details.