BGSU Recycling

Why should I recycle?

Reduce Wastes in Landfills

• All materials that go into a landfill stay there for hundreds and even thousands of years before they decompose.  Some items that are placed into a landfill will actually never fully decompose.  Recycling all the materials that we can helps to conserve the amount of landfill space available in the United States while also decreasing the need to build new or expand current landfills.

Create Jobs and Industry

• Recycling products creates a wide array of job opportunities and income for Ohio residents.  More than 100,000 jobs in Ohio, which is more than landfills provide, are directly dependent on recycling.  The recycling industry also generates over $22,000,000,000 in sales a year in Ohio alone.

Save Energy and Valuable Resources

• Recycling materials to make them into a new product helps to reduce the invasive processing of natural resources.  Creating products from recycled materials also helps to conserve energy because there is no need for labor intensive resource processing and extraction.  Using recycled aluminum to create cans saves up to 95% of the energy it costs to create a can from virgin natural resources.

It's The Law

• Forty-Four states, including Ohio, have passed legislation forcing the reduction of waste.  BGSU currently falls under these laws, and must continually meet state goals on waste stream reduction.  House Bill 592 set a goal of reducing the solid waste stream in Ohio by 25% by 1994.  Ohio surpassed the expectations of the bill by reaching the goal in the year 1990.  In 1995 the goal was revised to reduce the solid waste stream by 50% and increase the recycling objective to 25% by the year 2000.

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How do I recycle?

Recycling is easy to do!  Just follow these simple steps to properly handle your recyclables.

Paper:

• Remove any type of attached metals or bindings.
• Please separate mixed office paper from newspaper and phone books.
• Recycle your materials by dropping them in the bin with the appropriate label.

Plastic and Aluminum:

• Drain excess liquids from the container.
• Rinse the container with water if necessary
• Separate aluminum containers from plastic containers.
• Recycle your materials by dropping them in the bin with the appropriate label.

Cardboard:

• Break down any large boxes to help save space.
• Drop off your cardboard at any one of the many large cardboard recycling bins located on campus.

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What should I recycle?

Aluminum, Plastic, Office Paper, Newspaper

• Look for these labels on recycling bins around campus to recycle your soda cans, water bottles, phonebooks, textbooks, notebooks, office paper, junk mail, magazines, and BGNews!

Cardboard and Brown Envelopes

• There are separate large orange metal bins outside numerous buildings that are used for cardboard collection.  Brown envelopes, also known as manila envelopes, can also be accepted in these bins.

Scrap Metal

• The BGSU Recycling Program accepts scrap metal such as futon frames for recycling.  Arrangements for pick-up of material can be made my contacting the BGSU Recycling Program or you can drop off the materials at our facility.

Batteries

• Look for battery recycling containers located around campus, especially at the front desk of many residential halls.

Clothing, Shoes, Electronics & Household Items

• Local charity organizations such as Goodwill will accept donations of gently used clothing, shoes, electronics and household items.

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Where should I recycle?

On Campus

• Offices, classrooms, and student rooms will each have 5-gallon brown containers for you to deposit your recyclables.  Many locations on campus also contain larger bins to collect recyclables.  All cardboard is collected in the large orange designated bins around campus.  To see a map of cardboard collection sites click here.

Residential Halls & Academic Buildings

• Large containers can be found at the designated BGSU Recycling Stations, located on each floor of residential and academic buildings.  The large containers are emptied by custodial staff on regular schedule and transported to a designated pick up point.

Off Campus

• Off campus students, like all residents of Bowling Green, are encouraged to take their recyclables to the BG Jaycees Recycling Center.  The BG Jaycees Recycling Center is open 24 hours and  located at 1040 North College Drive, just west of the Wood County Airport.  The BG Jaycees Recycling Center can be reached by calling 1 (419) 352-5446.
  Don't throw recyclables in the trash! Recycling stations are placed throughout campus for your convenience!

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When should I recycle?

That's easy... all the time!  The recycling stations on campus never close.  Take advantage of the many recycling stations throughout campus daily!
There is a station on virtually every floor of every administrative, educational, and residential building.  Instead of tossing your recyclables in the trash, hold onto them and you'll come across a recycling station soon.  Since each student room comes equipped with a small recycling bin, you can collect recyclables in your room at all times until you are ready to empty your small bin into the larger bins located at the recycling station on your floor.

All off campus students are encouraged to collect recyclables in their own homes until they have a sufficient amount to drop off at the BG Jaycees Recycling Center