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Recycling

You are encouraged to recycle on the Spokane campus. Plastic bottles, cans, batteries, paper, corrugated cardboard, ink cartridges, and toner cartridges can be recycled on campus.

Recycling requires participation on all levels. Your part in recycling includes putting acceptable recyclable materials in the appropriate locations.

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WSU Spokane EH&S

Jeff Battaglia

Blue Recycle Bins at Desks

Blue recycling bins are provided along with solid waste trash cans throughout campus. Mixed paper, cardboard, plastic, cans, and batteries may be placed in the blue recycle bins for recycling. Read below for further information on what products are acceptable in the blue recycle bins. 

Keep food residue out of recycling bins

Please keep food residue, used paper towels or facial tissues, or other contaminants out of the recycle bins.

Mixed Paper

Computer paper, junk mail, sticky notes, brochures, paper bags, newspaper, magazines.

  • No staples or paper clips.
  • No catalogs or books (no binding).
  • No shredded paper.
  • No waxed paper.

Cardboard

Corrugated cardboard; remove packing material and break down the box before placing it in the recycle bin. Larger boxes that do not fit in the bin may be placed next to it

  • No chipboard (like cereal, soda can, and envelope boxes).
  • No waxed cardboard.
  • No shipping/mailing tubes.

Plastic

#1 and #2 plastic containers (number located at the bottom of the containers). Must be empty and clean (must be rinsed out with caps removed and no straws)

Cans

Aluminum, tin, and steel cans. Must be empty and clean (rinsed out).

Batteries

If there is a large battery or a large quantity of batteries, contact EH&S for a pickup. Some batteries must have terminals taped to block contact points for safety (9-volt, button cell, lithium, lithium-ion, sealed lead acid, electronic batteries with exposed terminals or cracked case, batteries >9-volts).

Battery with terminals taped to block contact points for safety

Toner Cartridges

  • Place toner cartridges in original or replacement packaging.
  • Please save the original or replacement box, the enclosed prepaid return shipping label, and the packaging contents for future recycling use.
  • Apply the manufacturer-provided prepaid shipping label to the outside of the original or replacement box for shipment to the original vendor recycling program.
  • If no prepaid label is available, write RECYCLE on the outside of the box.
  • Close the box with the provided tabs and/or seal with shipping tape.
  • WSU departments place a recycling box in your department’s outgoing mailbox for pick up by WSU Mail Services.
  • EWU departments place cartridges in the toner/ink recycling collection box on the first floor of HSB, by the USPS mailboxes.

Ink Cartridges

  • Place the ink cartridge in the original packaging if available; otherwise, place it in a sealable plastic bag to save cost and prevent leakage.
  • EWU departments place their ink/toner in the recycling box located on the first floor of HSB by the USPS mailboxes.
  • WSU departments place a recycling box at their existing campus outgoing mailbox location for pickup by WSU Mail Services.