Recycling

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS, #6) and Expanded Polyethylene (PE, #2/4)

Food containers are dry and clean. Always bag peanuts separately. Remove all stickers and tape.

High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE, #2) and Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE, #4)

Plastic film must be clean, dry, and bagged. If the film stretches, we accept it!

*Only accepted at Specialty Recycle Center in Fisher University Union, next to Hawk's Nest.

**Only accepted at Specialty Recycle Box in DePaolo Hall in the Student Health Center.

Rigid or hard plastics: Polyethylene terephthalate (PETE or PET, #1), High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE, #2), and Polypropylene (PP, #5).

Empty and rinse your containers. Remove pumps from soap bottles. Remove cling film from tubs. Remove sprayer from spray bottles.

*Only accepted at Specialty Recycle Center in Fisher University Union, next to Hawk's Nest.

**Only accepted at Specialty Recycle Box in DePaolo Hall in the Student Health Center.

Cardboard (CB) also know as Old Corrugated Cardboard (OCC)

Please break down and flatten all cardboard. Pizza boxes are free of food and heavy grease.

Mixed Paper (MP) and Sorted Office Paper (SOP)

Bag your shred separately! Remove paper clips and binder clips. Separate sticky notes from office paper.

No food or drink residue allowed.

Any metals such as aluminum, tin, steel, iron, copper, and brass.

Empty and rinse your containers. Remove pumps from soap bottles.

*Only accepted at Specialty Recycle Center in Fisher University Union, next to Hawk's Nest.

Glass bottles and jars, clear, and all colors accepted.

Empty and rinse your containers.

See EH&S to dispose of UNCW owned light bulbs and halogen tube lights.

Electronic Waste is anything that charges, plugs in, takes batteries, or has a cord. Additionally, batteries and printer ink cartridges are considered E-Waste. *BATTERIES ONLY ACCEPTED FROM UNCW SOURCES*

Remove all batteries from electronics. Do not stow other wastes in small appliances and electronics.

*Batteries only accepted from UNCW sources.* Contact EH&S for light bulbs and halogen tube lights.

Accepted from 8 AM to 4 PM in the Warehouse lot. Do NOT leave E-Waste in the Public Recycling Depot.

Only permitted for UNCW and UNCW Contractors.

All materials must be sorted, clean, and dry.

Contact Surplus and Recycling to schedule a pick-up with 72 hours notice. Drop off materials between 8 AM and 4 PM in the Warehouse lot. 

Our Recycling Depot is open 7 AM to 6 PM every day. Located at 5195 Lionfish Dr., bins are labeled for cardboard, paper, plastic, metal, glass, foam plastics, and film plastics. Electronic waste is only accepted at the warehouse, located at 5179 Lionfish Dr.

Significant quantities should be brought directly to the warehouse lot during business hours; this includes campus services, local businesses, and large loads from the public.

The depot is serviced daily. Please, if you find a bin full, neatly place bagged/flattened recyclables in front or next to the appropriate container.

Academic and administrative buildings are outfitted with centralized multi-bin stations. These bins have been chosen specifically for the types and amounts of recycling that a building generates.

All academic and administrative buildings are serviced on a weekly basis. Faculty and staff are required to empty their deskside recycling bins into the nearest centralized recycle station.

Classrooms should not have recycle bins inside the space. Instead, students, faculty, and staff are asked to carry and separate their waste at the centralized recycle stations in the main hallways of most buildings.

Dining Halls and restaurants across campus are outfitted with Max-R multi-bin recycling stations that were purchased through a partnership with Student Government Association, Recycling Services, Campus Life, Sustainability, Environmental Health and Safety, and Auxiliary Services.

These special units are made from recycled milk cartons, each unit comprised of approximately 1,725 milk jugs! These special containers are found at Fisher University Union, Fisher Student Center, and Warwick Center.

There is access to recycling for all residence halls. Students can bring their recycling to one of the centralized multi-bin stations in various locations depending on the building. Typically, they are near the dumpster and trash compactor in parking lots adjacent to residence halls.

For more specific information, visit Housing & Residence Life.

Our electronic waste program accepts electronics of all types. Considered anything with a cord, that charges, or takes batteries; e-waste can be dropped off in the Warehouse lot at 5179 Lionfish Drive during normal business hours. UNCW electronics should go through Surplus. Contact EH&S for light bulbs.

Foams and films are accepted at our Public Recycling Depot located at 5195 Lionfish Dr. during depot hours (6:30AM to 6:30PM).

A specialty items center for materials like electronics, batteries, ink cartridges, writing utensils, food wrappers, oral hygiene products, disposable razors, and plastic film bags is located at the Fisher University Union near Hawk's Nest.