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Reducing, Reusing and Recycling Solid Waste

  • Re-use disposable plastic and glass items
  • Setup recycling bins for plastic, glass, and metal
  • No page left blank: Collect clean one-sided paper
  • Put corrugated cardboard in hallway after collapsing
  • Collect boxes before you move your lab or home
  • Return moving company boxes for $1 rebate
  • Return Styrofoam peanuts to storeroom or shipping store
  • Recycle unusable metal equipment and furniture
  • If you are constructing apparatus, reuse scrap material
  • Contribute materials to your departmental shop (no junk!)
  • Setup a battery collection bin
  • Salvage expensive fixtures long before demolition starts

Photo: Recycling containers Photo: Computer Monitors Photo: Students moving wood

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