Recycling Program - About
Welcome to the Susquehanna University Reycling Program! We take care of the recycling on campus, including all of the bins in residence halls and academic buildings, most of the the houses and other campus buildings on University Avenue, and at sporting events and other activities. The program is run by Dr. Katherine Straub, and consists of student recycling workers. Recycling can be a work study or a cash job. If you are interested in or have any questions about recycling, please contact the student recycling coordinator, Melissa Hartley, at hartleym@susqu.edu. Recycling employees can go to the Reycling Workers site for specific recycling instructions. For a list of where all the recycling bins are located, please go to the Buildings site. At the bottom of the page is some information about Recyclemania, in which Susquehanna University participated this year. The following are guidelines for what can and cannot be recycled:
Item |
What to Recycle |
What not to Recycle |
Plastic
 |
- #1 (clear) and #2 (opaque) plastic bottles
- Please remove caps and empty liquid |
- Plastics #3 - #7
- Styrofoam, plastic bags, or any plastic not in a bottle shape |
Glass
 |
- Clear, green, or brown glass
- Please remove caps and empty liquid |
- Drinking glasses, light bulbs or anything not in a bottle shape |
Aluminum
 |
- All aluminum cans
- Please empty liquid |
- Steel or tin cans can be recycled in the box above the recycling bins in the hallway to the right of the dining hall |
Newspaper
 |
- Newspapers
- Glossy inserts from newspapers |
- Any other kind of paper (please put this in the paper bin instead) |
Paper
 |
- Office and notebook paper
- Magazines, catalogs
- Books, phone books
- Construction paper
- Plain envelopes |
- Envelopes with a plastic window
- Napkins or paper towels
- Paperboard (cereal boxes) |
Cardboard
 |
- Corrugated Cardboard only
- Please set next to a trash can |
- Paperboard (cardboard like cereal boxes, etc are made of) |
Batteries
 |
- Recycle batteries in the Campus Center, in the box above the recycling bins in the hallway to the right of the dining hall |
RecycleMania
Is a competition among the recyling programs of colleges all over the country. It involves a weekly measurement of recyclables in pounds. The goal is to raise campus awareness of recycling and to try to improve the recycling program. Susquehanna has never participated in this event before, so this will be our first year competing. The competition will be held for ten weeks, from January 27th until April 5th. For more information about Reyclemania, please click here to visit the Recyclemania Web site.
Final Results are in for RecycleMania!
Week 1:
Plastic: 321.2 pounds
Glass: 545.6 pounds
Aluminum: 23.0 pounds
Paper: 754 pounds
Newspaper: 581 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1347 pounds
Total Weight: 3571.8 pounds = 1.38 lbs/person
Week 2:
Plastic: 325.6 pounds
Glass: 334.4 pounds
Aluminum: 23.0 pounds
Paper: 754 pounds
Newspaper: 581 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1347 pounds
Total Weight: 3365 pounds = 1.30 lbs/person
Week 3:
Plastic: 105.6 pounds
Glass: 105.6 pounds
Aluminum: 23 pounds
Paper: 754 pounds
Newspaper: 581 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1347 pounds
Total Weight: 2916 pounds = 1.13 lbs/person
Week 4:
Plastic: 105.6 pounds
Glass: 105.6 pounds
Aluminum: 20 pounds
Paper: 795 pounds
Newspaper: 280 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1349 pounds
Total Weight: 2655 pounds = 1.03 lbs/person
Week 5:
Plastic: 409.2 pounds
Glass: 880 pounds
Aluminum: 20 pounds
Paper: 795 pounds
Newspaper: 280 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1349 pounds
Total Weight: 3733 pounds = 1.45 lbs/person
Week 6:
Plastic: 268.4 pounds
Glass: 158.4 pounds
Aluminum: 20 pounds
Paper: 795 pounds
Newspaper: 280 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1349 pounds
Total Weight: 2871 pounds = 1.11 lbs/person
Week 7:
Plastic: 154 pounds
Glass: 123.2 pounds
Aluminum: 20 pounds
Paper: 795 pounds
Newspaper: 280 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1349 pounds
Total Weight: 2721 pounds = 1.06 lbs/person
Week 8:
Plastic: 189.2 pounds
Glass: 422.4 pounds
Aluminum: 20 pounds
Paper: 795 pounds
Newspaper: 280 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1349 pounds
Total Weight: 3056 pounds = 1.18 lbs/person
Week 9:
Plastic: 303.6 pounds
Glass: 440 pounds
Aluminum: 20 pounds
Paper: 795 pounds
Newspaper: 280 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1349 pounds
Total Weight: 3189 pounds = 1.24 lbs/person
Week 10:
Plastic: 374 pounds
Glass: 580.8 pounds
Aluminum: 20 pounds
Paper: 795 pounds
Newspaper: 280 pounds
Corrugated Cardboard: 1349 pounds
Total Weight: 3400 pounds = 1.32 lbs/person
Grand Total: 31478 pounds = 12.21 lbs/person
The Top Five Colleges in the Competition we Participated in:
1. Kalamazoo College, 75.22 lbs/person
2. United States Coast Guard Academy, 65.46 lbs/person
3. Truman State University, 56.11 lbs/person
4. Rochester Institute of Technology, 55.51 lbs/person
5. Medical University of South Carolina, 54.59lbs/person
107. Susquehanna University, 12.21 lbs/person (We are ranked 107 out of 180! Not bad for our first year!)
Click here to visit the results page for the first 9 weeks of Recyclemania!
Or click here to see Susquehanna University's Profile Page!
"The case for recycling is strong. The bottom line is clear. Recycling requires a trivial amoung of our time. Recycling saves money and reduces pollution. Recycling creates more jobs than landfilling or incineration. And a largely ignored but very important consideration, recycling reduces our need to dump our garbage in someone else's backyard."
-David Morris of the Institute of Local Self-Reliance, Recycling and the New York Times 30 Jul 96
Please do your part and recycle!
