WSU Tri-Cities

Item

Action

Location(s)

Aluminum cans

Recycle

Blue recycling bins around campus, including by ASWSU Student Center, computer lab, & vending machines

Batteries, household

Hazardous Waste

Copy Center; or City of Richland

Batteries, rechargeable
(tape terminals w/ duct or elec. tape, or pack in plastic bag)

Hazardous Waste; Recycle

Copy Center; Radio Shack
(1767 Geo. Washington Way, tel. 946-5191); or City of Richland

Cell phones

Reuse; Hazardous Waste

West Building Atrium; or donate to Domestic Violence Services of Benton and Franklin Counties (P.O. Box 668, Richland WA 99352, tel. 582-9841.) 

Electrical and electronic equipment (incl. computers, monitors, etc.)

Excessed to Pullman or Recycled

Computer Center

Glass bottles & jars

Recycle

Off-campus (city bins)

Ink jet cartridges

Recycle

West Building Atrium

Organic waste, misc.
(e.g., coffee grinds)

No current campus program

Packaging material
(e.g. air bags, "peanuts", etc.)

Reuse

Copy Center

Paper toweling

No current campus program

Paper, corrugated

Recycle

Off-campus (city bins)

Paper, newspapers

Recycle

Copy Center

Paper, office (colors)

Recycle

Copy Center

Paper, office (white)

Recycle

Copy Center & various locations, often by network printers

Paper, phone books

Recycle

Copy Center

Plastic pop bottles (#1, #2)

Recycle

Off-campus (city bins)         

Running shoes

Recycle

WSU Student Bookstore;
CIC lobby

Toner cartridges (laser printers)

Recycle; Hazardous Waste

Computer Center, or departmental support staff