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Recycling
Recycling Program at HSPH
The strength of the Recycling & Composting program at Harvard School of Public Health is remarkable. The eagerness of the HSPH community to "do the right thing" when it comes to handling waste really shows with our increasing recycling rates, decreasing solid waste volume, and increasing financial savings with regard to waste management. The sheer volume of waste that is either recycled or composted is staggering, and with a lower cost per ton for disposal, improving these systems only makes sense. Finishing a financial analysis on our waste management system has shown a savings to date that nears $28,000!!! Please see below for some information on how our waste is organized, handled, broken-down etc over the past few years.
The volume of waste that is either recycled or composted is staggering, and with a lower cost per ton for disposal, improving these systems only makes sense. Finishing a financial analysis on our...
did you know...
In 2010, 63.5 percent of the paper used in the U.S. was recovered for recycling. This represents an 89 percent increase in recovery since 1990.
Every ton of paper recycled...
At Save That Stuff, all bottles, cans and rigid plastic containers free of food and liquid can be placed in the recycling bin. As we say, “You can mix them together…no need to sort them”....
Electronic equipment often contains toxic chemicals or heavy metals, and should be properly recycled at the end of its useful life.
Contact HSPH Facilities at 617-432-1152 to have your used electronics...
Battery recycling collection station are located on each floor throughout the school, and are made up of a blue" recycle" basket with two smaller containers inside for different battery types. Batteries...
don't throw it away, DONATE IT!
Seeding Labs, a Harvard graduate student organization, is collecting new and surplus lab equipment from your department to donate to basic science and clinical in developing...
OfficeMax collects used toner and ink printer cartridges!
HSPH has teamed up with OfficeMax, Harvard's preferred vendor, in order to recycle printer cartridges.
OfficeMax Toner Cartridge...
May 18, 2011
Recycling, Composting, & Waste Station Signage
This signage should be used on all large co-mingled and mixed paper recycling bins. Please feel free to print and post in your classrooms,...
