Recycling

With more than 6000 residents living on campus, it is imperative that we do what we can to help sustain our natural resources and provide education about and the opportunity to recycle whenever we can. Beyond providing residence halls which are equipped with many sustainable features, we all must do our individual part to contribute to conservation efforts and reduce, reuse & recycle! Every residence hall participates in the campus initiative to recycle plastics, glass, aluminum and cardboard. Look for the green “Recycle Station” signs, as well as our signage, which indicates where to put your recyclables:

When recycling in the halls, please remember the following:

• Aluminum, plastics and glass may be placed in the same bin, regardless of the type.

• Please clean out the items before placing them in the bins.

• Do not put trash in the recycle bins. This will contaminate the recyclables and render them useless.

• Cardboard boxes must be taken down to the dumpsters and placed to the side for pick-up. Do not put them in the recycle bins or leave them in the trash rooms.

• Cardboard that has been used for food items cannot be recycled (such as pizza boxes).

• Even though we don't offer in-hall recycling for items like electronics, batteries, paper, furniture and printer cartridges, there are many places around campus and in the community where you can! See below for more details…

If you would like to recycle more than glass, aluminum, plastic and cardboard, there are many options to do so throughout campus and in the local Tallahassee community. For more information where you can recycle other items, please see the following links:

Florida State University – Sustainable Campus

* for more information on campus-wide efforts related to recycling and sustainability

Florida State University – Solid Waste & Recycling

Located at: 818 W. Madison St .

* recycles paper, wood, furniture & electronics

City of Tallahassee Recycling Sites

There are two off-campus/city locations to drop off recyclable items:

City of Tallahassee , Solid Waste Services 2727 Municipal Way

Directions: Go west on Pensacola Street to Appleyard Drive . Turn left on Appleyard. Take another immediate left onto Municipal Way . Solid Waste Services is the second building on the left. Turn into the driveway just past the main building's parking lot. The container is just outside the gate to the “truck yard”. This container is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Leon County Solid Waste Management Facility (the Landfill) 7550 Apalachee Parkway

Directions: Go east on Apalachee Parkway , past the Super Wal-Mart, Mom and Dad's Restaurant, and Nino's. The landfill will be on the left. Call 606-1802 for hours.

Other places where you can take recyclables in the City of Tallahassee

Don't have time or the ability to get off campus to recycle other items? Think about these ideas on ways you can help:

• Host a swap shop on your floor where people can trade items they no longer want with others

• Trade clothes with friends to keep your wardrobe new and interesting or donate your clothes to a local charity like Goodwill or Refuge House Thrift Store or 2 nd hand store like Plato's Closet

• Take your old CDs, DVDs & video games to places like Vinyl Fever or Game Stop/EB Games

• Send your printer cartridges back to the manufacturer for recycling. Most come with a postage paid envelope so all you have to do it put the old cartridge in it and throw it in the mail. Many office supply stores will also take them and may even offer a discount for recycling your old cartridges

• Only print when you need to. Consider printing on the backside of old papers when you're just wanting to look at a draft of something. Use Blackboard and Email to submit papers if an instructor will allow it.

• Donate your old cell phones and/or pagers to a local charity such as Refuge House who can use them as emergency contacts for victims of domestic abuse

For more information or ideas, please see your Residence Hall staff!