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Recycling Bulletin

Receive monthly updates on local recycling developments, new programs, and upcoming events. Learn more about resource conservation, through waste reduction, reuse, and recycling.

Faculty & Staff

E.I.R - Environmental Impact Report

CU Recycling can provide building or department an EIR which documents the amount of material recycled and the equivalent environmental benefits. Display the poster to show that recycling makes a world of difference!

Request a Recycling Display for your Building

A four foot stack of newspaper securely fastened to an attractive base. Designed to give a visual reminder of the benefit of individual participation: one four-foot stack of paper recycled, saves the equivalent of a forty-foot Douglas Fir tree.

In-Office Recycling Presentation

Invite CU Recycling to your next meeting! This presentation can answer your questions about recycling, campus services, recycled products, how to reduce waste in your office and more.

The program includes:

• slide show of the campus program
• hands-on question and answer period
• posters and materials for your office
• 10 - 45 minutes of great information (you determine the length)

Call CU Recycling at 303-492-8307 or email cure@colorado.edu to schedule a presentation.

Tour of the CU Campus Recycling Facility

Bring your class or group of students to tour the Intermediate Processing Facility (IPF), which is the CU Recycling Facility on campus. Gain in depth knowledge of the recycling process here at CU, along with knowledge of the recycling industry beyond campus. See the IPF in operation and learn the benefits of recycling, including the impact that recycling has to reduce climate change.

Tour availabilities are on Thursday, Jan 31st for the following times:

• 9:45 am to 10:45 am
• 2 pm to 3:15 pm

IPF is located next to the stadium on 2290 Stadium Drive.

Please contact baril@colorado.edu to schedule a tour for your group!

Green Your Office

Set up a visit for a CU Environmental Center representative to perform an educational audit on your office’s environmental practices. Feedback includes tips on how to become an environmentally friendly office as well as helpful information and resources on the following topics:

• recycling
• waste reduction
• procurement
• energy use
• transportation
• pest management

Call 303.492.8307 or email cure@colorado.edu to schedule a visit.

Residence Halls

Environmental Impact Report

CU Recycling can provide your hall with an Environmental Impact Report which documents the amount of material recycled and the equivalent environmental benefits. Display the poster to show that recycling makes a world of difference! It’s a great way show the impacts of personal contribution.

Hall or floor meeting presentations

CU Recycling can come to your next hall or floor meeting and answer questions about recycling, recycled products, and how to reduce waste in your hall. Presentations include posters and materials for your hall, a hands on questions and answer period and more. Presentations can last anywhere from 10 to 45 minutes – you decide.

Recycling bulletins delivered to your door!

The Environmental Center has many ready-to-post bulletins highlighting the how’s, what’s and why’s to recycle. Contact us to have one delivered to your door.

Fieldtrip to CU’s Recycling Center

The perfect community wide program! Ever wonder where all the recycling on campus goes? Bring residents to CU’s Intermediate Processing Facility (IPF) for an hour long tour of the recycling process. To schedule a tour call 303-492-8307.

Residence Life Staff Meetings

Are residents asking you questions about recycling procedures that you’re not sure about? Invite CU Recycling staff to your next staff meeting for a 15 – 30 minute presentation about recycling procedures, programs, and more. Call 303-492-8307 to schedule.

Student

Green Teams

Green Teams share environmental information with students who live on the Hill or in the Goss/ Grove area. Mainly, the Green Teams help give recycling information to residents of off-campus households. Since many students are living on their own for the first time, Green Teams help get them off to the right start. Hopefully, they’ll keep good habits in future houses too.

We need your help to distribute information on what, when, where and how to properly recycle. Additionally, the Green Teams share other ‘green’ info—such as composting, energy and water conservation, and waste reduction—to student households.

The Green Teams meet Wednesdays and Thursdays at 5:00pm in the Environmental Center (University Memorial Center, Room 355). Plan to spend 2 hours spreading the word on Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays.  Training and materials will be provided. For more info, call 303-492-8307 or email ecenter@colorado.edu.

SWAT Teams

CU Recycling's SWAT (Save the World Action Team) give crazy reminders to students about recycling.

CU Recycling staff and volunteers dressed in capes and costumes use a range of tactics to bring recycling to forefront of the CU student’s mind. These include: the recycle train, recycling cheers, recycling ambushes and pop quizzes. You’ll find the SWAT teams located near trash cans and recycling bins in the UMC Fountain and around Hellems Lawn.

View pictures from a past campaign.

RecycleMania

RecycleMania is a friendly competition among university recycling programs in the United States that provides students with a fun, proactive activity in waste reduction. Over a 10-week period, schools compete in different contests to see which institution can collect the largest amount of recyclables, the least amount of trash, and have the highest recycling rate.

CU Recycling competed for the first time in 2005 placing 9th. The 2006 competition begins on January 29th and runs through April 8th. This year let’s beat CSU

RecycleMania 2005 Archived Website.

America Recycles Day

Every year CU celebrates America Recycles Day on November 15th.

Photos from past years coming soon.

Volunteer Opportunities

There are lots of ways to volunteer with CU Recycling. Help educate the community at tables or chalking, dress up and come out on a SWAT team adventure, or go door to door in student neighborhoods with Green Teams. Click here to fill out our online volunteer form.

Academic and Research Opportunities

Academic Resource Guide (msword)

This guide was designed to aid students in their efforts to receive academic credit in environmental topics. This guide was created to provide students with a quick overview of departmental offerings and requirements for CU students as well as national/international academic resources.

Class Presentations

Contact CU Recycling to schedule a recycling presentation for your class. Topics range from consumption patterns and environmental benefits to recycling industry analysis and processing.

Research Opportunities

CU Recycling facilitates a wide variety of academic projects which directly benefit our program and your resume. Students can apply their skills to real world problems. We have many ideas for student research projects or independent study. These span academia, from the Business School to Engineering to Environmental Studies. Contact us for internship opportunities, , and research needs that will help the program and your coursework.

Recycling Facts

View our Recycling Facts.