Recycling Group

Writing Utensils

Recycle your used or broken writing utensils (with or without caps). We can recycle all brands of pens, mechanical pencils and markers (permanent, dry erase, highlighters or water based).

Drop off your items in any collection envelope or box you may see on campus or mail them via interoffice mail to:
Maria Cohen - SciTech 341 - Physics Department

Single Stream Recycling

One of the main goals of the recycling committee is to raise awareness of items that can be recycled and items that cannot be recycled. Please do not place your recycling in plastic bags.

To accomplish this we have posted lists of acceptable and unacceptable items above garbage/recycling bins within academic buildings. We are also looking into better labeling on the collection bins to make it clearer as to where to put garbage and recyclable items. We are also exploring ways to reduce the use of plastic.

Sneaker Recycling

Since 2014, the Recycling Committee has collected gently-used sneakers and soccer shoes. People can donate gently-used athletic shoes at two campus locations:

The collected shoes are sent to the MORE foundation, which sales them to generate funds to assist poor farmers and villages in West Africa and Central America and for forest regeneration.

Collection of Items from Residence Halls

This program is geared to reduce waste at Move-Out time from Residence Halls during finals week of the spring semester.

The Recycling Group aims to reduce waste at ESU and in the surrounding community by working with student groups, faculty, staff, and interested community members to increase recycling and the reuse of materials.

Please contact Lauren Stemler with any questions about the Recycling Group.