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Boston Campus | Grafton Campus To learn about recycling a particular material/item: select from the list below: Need a bin? | Need signs? | Paper
& Cardboard | Glass, Metal & Plastics |
Batteries | Computers
Academic and Administrative Buildings Recycling bins for cardboard & paper and bottles & cans are located throughout all of the academic buildings at Tufts. Please make sure to put the correct items in the correct container. Sorting the recyclables is not the responsibility of the custodians; that is up to you! Bins are emptied once per week or when full.
OneSource provides formal recycling training sessions to its employees. Yet it might be that your custodian has not been sufficiently educated or sensitized about recycling. If you suspect that your custodian throws recycling away, collect specific information and call X73947. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dining Halls
Tufts Dining Services recycles plastic, glass, cans, cardboard and paper in their kitchens. Dewick-MacPhie and Carmichael dining halls compost food scraps and leftovers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Residential Buildings For information on recycling in your residence, please click on the appropriate link: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dorms and other On-Campus Residence Buildings:
Paper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hillside, Latin Way and Sophia Gordon Hall: In these buildings you can recycle bottles & cans, paper & cardboard. For information on battery recycling, click here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the fraternities and sororities on campus already have a recycling program in place. If you are interested in setting up a recycling program in your fraternity or sorority, call our hotline at x7-3947 or email us at recycle@tufts.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medford and Somerville each have curbside recycling programs. Your house or apartment can easily become involved in these programs. Visit the Somerville or Medford website for more information. ECO's useful map for off campus students contains a list of trash collection routes and efficiency tips. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Facilities Department has a variety of basic recycling bins to fit most office spaces. Sorry, we do not
provide trash bins. The only exception is when we situate a three bin recycling station which includes a trash receptacle.
Need wall signs or labels? We can send you some via interoffice mail or drop them off, just give us a call x7-3810. Wall signs are linked here for your convenience: Paper | Trash | Glass, Metal & Plastic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please flatten cardboard and place behind a recycling bin! Thanks!
Learn more about Paper Consumption and Recycling At Tufts, mixed paper is collected by Conigliaro Industries, and taken to their recycling plant in Framingham. There, the paper is baled and shipped off to processing plants, where the paper is used to make new paper products. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Learn more about Glass, Metal, and Plastics Recycling ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Batteries, Cellular Phones, Ink-Jet Cartridges
(Laser cartridges are handled differently, click here to learn more.) Location of battery, ink cartridge and cellular phone recycling buckets
Recycling interns collect the bins bi- weekly.
Learn More About Batteries and Battery Recycling ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computers As newer and better technologies hit the market monthly, millions of computers are rapidly becoming obsolete. Electronics, especially computers, are a very problematic waste stream. The E.P.A. has an informative frequently asked questions webpage: www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/ecycling/faq.htm Tufts Staff & Faculty Recycling sorry, we cannot recycle student computers. Students, click here Before computers with a Tufts I.D. tag number can be picked up by Facilities for recycling, a "change of status" needs to be reported to Finance. Please report change of status by emailing the tag numbers to: edward.fanikos@tufts.edu. The email subject line should read "change of status". Most computers at Tufts no longer have tags on them. In this case, you do not need to report a change of status. It is recommended that Tufts information is cleaned from hardware before recycling or reuse. Please contact your Frontline Service Provider for more information. Another resource is Active@ Kill Disk Hard Driver Eraser. Most Tufts computers are recycled for free however, charges may be applied to large scale clean-outs. To schedule a recycling pick up, please fill in a "no fee" service request on the Facilities website: http://www.tufts.edu/central/facilities Tufts old computers are either reused internally or recycled domestically by Allied Computer Brokers. No computer equipment from Tufts is sent overseas. Sorry, Tufts Facilities Department can only recycle equipment owned by the university. Luckily, there are many computer end-of-life options for students and community members.
Before donating your computer, check out Tech Soup’s tips for donation.
Learn more about Electronics Recycling ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Facilities Department collects and recycles overhead tubes with Veolia Environmental. If you have a spent compact flourescent bulb that was generated at Tufts, contact us for pick-up: recycle@tufts.edu, x7-3947. We cannot recycle bulbs from outside of Tufts. The EPA page on bulb disposal provides a regularly updated comprehensive list of recycling centers and options around the nation where non-Tufts bulbs can be recycled: http://www.epa.gov/waste/hazard/wastetypes/universal/lamps/index.htm These popular chain retailers will take your used CFLs at no cost to you:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every year some of the mattresses from Tufts dormitories need to be replaced. Depending on their condition, they are either donated or recycled. If a mattress has serious tears, is deformed or does not look good, it is removed and recycled by Conigliaro Industries. Up to 75 – 80 mattress from Tufts are recycled in a calender year. Mattresses in good condition are donated to the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Donations Assistance Program.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We recycle high pressure mercury arc lamps used in projectors. E-mail us, if you (recycle@ tufts.edu) want us to pick up a bulb form your office. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Empty toner bottles can be recycled with your bottles and cans. Unfortunately bottles containing spent toner should be thrown in the trash.
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