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Recycling

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Welcome to UNL Recycling

Our mission at UNL Recycling is to promote waste reduction, reuse, and recycling while educating students, faculty, and staff on how to make simple lifestyle changes that positively impact local and global natural environments through voluntary partnership with our program.

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Recycling Success

In 2008 UNL recycled 35% of its waste, an increase of 7% from 2007.

The national average of waste that campuses and universities recycle per year is 26%; let's continue to strive to increase our percentage at UNL.

As a result of your recycling efforts we have saved:

  • 3,718..... Cubic yards of Landfill Space
  • 19,158..... Trees
  • 67,618..... Eliminated pounds of Air Pollution
  • 4,620,597..... KW Hours of Electricity
  • 7,888,825..... Gallons of Water

Recycling at UNL Relies on You.

The UNL Recycling Program is vital and busy and we're ready to help you recycle. Due to budget reductions there is no full-time recycling coordinator and custodial support has been largely eliminated. Our systems today require a little more self-initiation on your part...but it's simple and here's how you can help us help you recycle:

  1. Identify the large brown or gray recycling transfer containers (50 or 96 gal.) in your building or work area. These are sometimes located on or near the building's loading dock. Call 472-9139 if you are unsure of the location.
  2. Empty small office recycling containers (3 gal.) into the corresponding large transfer containers or recycling dumpster.
  3. Tote the larger recycling transfer container to the dock or receiving area of the building. This requires coordination between the Recycling Pick-Up Schedule and office staff. If you're unsure about pick up times call 472-9139. Too busy or container too heavy? Ask a student to help; they have strong minds and strong arms.
  4. Monitor your work area. If you see recycling overflow, pick up around the container, refer to and identify recycling pick-up days, if pick-up does not occur for a few days and it just can't wait, call 472-9139 or e-mail recycling@unlnotes.unl.edu.
  5. Use less paper in your copier. Set your default print type on your copier to double sided and save paper.
Recycling Pickup Schedule

City Campus

East Campus

UNL Recycling Team

Ron Hopkins Rich Hennecke Ed Holloway Prabhakar Shrestha

Prabhakar Shrestha
UNL Recycling Coordinator
472-9139
recycling@unlnotes.unl.edu
Monday and Wednesday 7-12
Tuesday and Thursday 12-3
Friday 8-12

Landscape Services
472-2679
Mon-Fri
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Ron Hopkins
Recycling Handler
Rich Hennecke
Material Handler
Ed Holloway
Material Handler
Prabhakar Shrestha
UNL Recycling Coordinator
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Print this off and use for a recycling reference

UNL Recycles...


Cardboard:
Acceptable Cardboard Items
  • Corrugated Cardboard
  • Envelope Boxes
  • Cereal Boxes
  • Pop Cartons
  • Tissue Boxes
  • Posterboard
Unacceptable Cardboard Items
  • Cardboard with food waste
  • Cardboard with oil
  • Wax coated cardboard
  • Styrofoam

Mixed Office Paper:
Acceptable Office Paper Items
  • Printer Paper
  • Copy Paper
  • Tablet Paper
  • Envelopes
  • Sticky Notes
  • Bagged Shredded Paper
  • Brochures
  • Ream Wrappers (paper only)
  • File Folders & Card Stock
  • Call 472-9139 for pick up of books, journals, phone directories, etc. Large quantities only.
Unacceptable Office Paper Items
  • Paper Clips and Binder Clamps
  • Folders with metal parts (ex. hanging folders)
  • Plastic and Metal Bindings
  • Directories, Magazines, Catalogs, and Journals
  • Food and Candy Wrappers
  • Paper Towels and Tissue Paper

Newspaper:
  • Daily Nebraskan, Lincoln Star, Wall Street Journal, etc...advertisement inserts are okay.
  • Magazine and Catalogs

Other Collectibles:
  • Phone books (special yearly collection, usually in December)
  • Beverage containers (Picked up by Pepsi Cola in designated locations)
  • Steel cans (in bulk)
  • Plastic containers (in bulk)
  • Pallets
  • Printer Cartridges
  • Toner Cartridges
  • Waste Oil

Have a question? Call: 472-9139 or 472-2679