Recycling at KSU & In Our Area

At KSU: KSU's recyclables are taken to SP Recycling's sorting facility in Forest Park, GA. SP uses a "single source" system - the recyclables can be comingled on campus & are then sorted out, mainly by machine, at the sorting facility. Click on this link to see a brief video of how single source recycling is carried out by an Oregon branch of SP Recycling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM3WNUCXQDI&feature=related

KSU accepts paper, cardboard, aluminum, glass, and plastics # 1 - 7 (this includes plastic forks, spoons, etc. from the dining areas). Food waste and food packaging should not go in the recycling bins.

Recycling at KSU

Other videos of interest:

Sanitary Landfills

Plastics in the Ocean

Electronics Recycling

Tommy Nobis Center takes an array of electronic goods: 1480 Bells Ferry Rd., Marietta, 30066, 770-427-9000

Compact florescent bulbs (CFLs): the "returns desk"at Home Depot stores

White Goods (washing machines, etc.): ABC Recycling

Batteries: Batteries Plus, 51 Cobb Pkwy S, Marietta;

Rechargeable & Cell Phone Batteries: see "Call 2 Recyle.org" for locations

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