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Office Recycling Policy and Procedures

OFFICE RECYCLING:

Within each office are desktop paper boxes. Employees and students may place all paper and publications in the boxes. Employees and students are to empty the desktop boxes into the RED or BLUE recycling bins located near their area. The cleaning staff empties these bins every Thursday evening. In the event one notices their bin has not been emptied, please call the Janitorial Office at ext. 3237. Also, if there are no desktop boxes or recycling tubs in the office, these items can be requested at the Recycling Office.

SPECIAL OFFICE PICKUPS (Call in advance):

For any other items not listed, that can be reused, contact Sarah Ellis at the re:CREATE program at x:2238.

For broken surplus furniture for trash or recycling, contact Facilities at x:3239.

Have items in your office that you don’t see listed here? Not sure if something should be thrown away, recycled, or reused? Simply call x2294 for assistance! Don’t just throw something away or do something without calling us first!

PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

Remember to call ahead for special collections of large quantities (i.e. cleaning out boxes of files or many computer boxes). Same day collection is not guaranteed, but your request will be serviced in a timely manner depending on how much notice our staff is given. Please refrain from leaving items in the hall unless otherwise instructed by the Recycling Office. Your office is still responsible for those items left out in the hallway, which may be subject to fire code violations.

The YSU Recycling Program offers a collection service, and only collects materials that have been bagged, boxed, or broken down. We will not empty file cabinets, store confidential documents, accept trash/non-recyclables, or break down cardboard boxes. That is the responsibility of the office and/or the person(s) responsible for generating the waste (ex. cardboard boxes of any size). We reserve the right to refuse collection when procedure is not followed or contamination is too high.

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT SHREDDING:

Confidential document shredding is provided by a contracted, fully-bonded and insured document destruction company. A Certificate of Destruction is on file at the Recycling Office after each monthly shredding. The cost for the shredding is incurred by the Recycling Program, and is at no cost to each Department. FREE confidential document collection bins and toters are provided by the company. Please contact the Recycling Office for more information. Confidential document collection is provided by our contracted company on the last Friday of every month (4th Friday during Months with 5 weeks). All requests to empty full confidential document containers, before or after the collection date, will be taken care of by the company in 5 business days. Please try to keep documents for the designated monthly pickup day.

*Please call ahead of time to arrange for large document purges*

RECYCLING IN EACH BUILDING:

Located in the hallways throughout campus are recycling bin-sets for the following materials: