Additional information on recycling is available on the Physical Plant web site at Recycling. The following items are recyclable and should be saved/sent for recycling rather than discarded:

• Aluminum
• Anti-freeze
• Appliances – major and micro-waves – primarily surplus if generated on campus
• Batteries – alkaline, button, rechargeable, automotive *
• Books
• Cardboard
• Carpet and carpet foam pad/urethane foam products
• Dry cleaning bags/clothes hangers
• Electronic waste (E-waste) - Computers/computer equipment
• Fluorescent lamps
• Furniture – primarily surplus if generated on campus
• Glass containers
• Lumber – scrap, clean
• Metal
• Motor oil *
• Office equipment – primarily surplus if generated on campus
• Pallets *
• Paper products – mixed paper** and office paper
• Plastic
• Printer cartridges *
• Styrofoam/plastic packing materials
• Telephone books
• Televisions * – primarily surplus if generated on campus
• Tin cans
• Tires *
• Yard waste/brush

Provisions are being made to have receptacles available around campus for more of the listed recyclable materials.

* Contact the Director of Environmental Management (6-8334) for pick up and disposal or arrange to deliver them to the businesses listed on the Springfield Public Works Recycling page.  For those items designated as primarily surplus, contact Property Control (6-5103). 

** Mixed paper consists of: office paper (white, colored, computer, notebook), newspaper, phone books, magazines/catalogs, paper boxes (cereal, shoe, gift boxes, etc.), paper bags, paper towel and toilet paper tubes, egg cartons, and envelopes (those with plastic windows are okay)