Go Green for Big Red
UNL Recycling partners with Recycling Enterprises to encourage recycling on Husker game days. The effort focuses on parking lots and walkways on UNL property around Memorial Stadium.
If your group is interested in volunteering for the 2012 season, please contact the recycling coordinator at 402-472-9139 or at recycling@unl.edu
Today@UNL: UNL kicking off 'Go Green for Big Red' recycling effort
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.
Recycling Success
In 2011 UNL recycled 41.0% of its waste.
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:
- 6,796+.... Cubic yards of Landfill Space
- 35,007+.... Trees
- 123,554+.... Eliminated pounds of Air Pollution
- 8,442,888+.... KW Hours of Electricity
- 1,441,687+.... Gallons of Water
- 4118+.... Barrels of Oil
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:
- 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 402-472-9139 if you are unsure of the location.
- Empty small office recycling containers (3 gal.) into the corresponding large transfer containers or recycling dumpster.
- 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 402-472-9139. Too busy or container too heavy? Ask a student to help; they have strong minds and strong arms.
- 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 402-472-9139 or e-mail recycling[at]unl.edu.
- Use less paper in your copier. Set your default print type on your copier to double sided and save paper.
Recycling Pickup Schedule
Academic Year
City Campus East CampusSummer 2011
UNL Recycling Team
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UNL Recycling Coordinators |
Landscape Services |
| Troy Davis Recycling Handler |
Rich Hennecke Material Handler |
Ed Holloway Material Handler |
Prabhakar Shrestha UNL Recycling Coordinator |
Jeff Henson UNL Recycling Coordinator |
Download Recycling Reference Chart
UNL Recycles...Cardboard:
Mixed Office Paper:
Newspaper:
Other Collectibles:
Have a question? Call: 402-472-9139 or 402-472-2679 |