For additional questions and regulatory concerns, visit Penn's Environmental, Health, and Radiation Safety (EHRS) website. Federal regulations determine how these items are disposed of. All of these materials can be contained, and most can be reused, if they are properly disposed of. Universal waste contains a lot of heavy metals and toxic materials that can seep into the water supply or poison the ground. Universal waste includes mercury-containing equipment, such as CFL bulbs and other lamps, alkaline and lithium batteries, and cell phones. You may use Elemental or E-Force to collect and dispose of these items. A special vendor must be used to dispose of unwanted computers (including monitors, printers, and hard drives), electronics, and appliances. Do NOT recycle anything out of tissue culture labs.īased on EPA regulations, E-Waste is defined as almost anything with a plug, including electronics, computers, televisions, and LED or CRT monitors.
Many items also need to be triple rinsed before being placed in a recycling bin. All containers must be empty, and all labels must be defaced. Yard waste such as leaves is composted on campus.įor members of the Penn community who work in labs, this signage contains recyclable items found in many labs. Penn's composting contractor (Organic Diversion) accepts all food wastes, including meat, dairy, eggs, and oils. Compost collection takes place at several locations on campus, including all campus dining halls and Joe's Cafe at Wharton. Composting breaks down these materials so that they can be reused as fertilizer and soil amendments.
Some areas on campus still have separate bins for "Mixed Paper" and "Plastic/Glass/Aluminum", but all recyclables go to a single stream recycling facility. This means that all recyclable items can be placed together in the same bin. Single Stream Recycling - Use the BLUE bins Hazardous materials, such as non-alkaline batteries and CFL bulbs, should not be placed into trash bins. Waste is considered landfill trash when no alternative disposal options exist, and includes styrofoam and (when composting is not available) food waste and food-soiled plastics/paper. Landfill Trash - Use the GRAY or BLACK bins The Facilities call center can also arrange for distribution of pictogram stickers for labeling the interior and exterior bins. For outdoor areas contact the Facilities and Real Estate Services call center at 215.898.7208. If you need additional trash or recycling bins and bags for interior spaces, contact your Building Administrator. For more information on what you can recycle, click below: JP Mascaro & Sonssorts our single-stream recycling at their materials recovery facility in Berks County and ensures that value is extracted from the materials. From there, our trash is transported to a local landfill and the recycling is taken to a facility that has special equipment to separate Penn's co-mingled recyclables. You may see your trash and recycling get hauled away in one bin, but the bags are separated into two streams at the loading dock by Facilities staff.
For example, trash is collected in white bags and co-mingled recycling is collected in blue bags.
INTO THE TRASH IT GOES PENN CODE
We color code our waste to make trash collection easier ( download complete details (PDF)).
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