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Please see our universal waste page for more information on recycling the following items:

Computers and electronics

Batteries

Aerosol cans

Fluorescent bulbs

Mercury

It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Single Stream Recycling program has gone into effect in quite a few buildings across campus.  The following is a brief description of the process: 

Creighton's Recycling Committee Goal: 

To implement a convenient, safe, and cost effective waste management program that integrates both the collection of single stream recycling material and trash.  Student, faculty, and staff feedback is critical to continuously improve and expand our existing program. Recycling is one component of sustainability, so we also strive to provide our community with information regarding sustainable living and reducing our environmental impact.

Individual Responsibilities:

• Employees will collect single stream items at their desk and walk “trash” to a common receptacle.  

University Responsibilities: 

• Replace each desk side trash receptacle with a single stream recycle receptacle.
• Place a “trash” receptacle in a common spot within each suite/area. 
• Custodians will empty the desk side single stream containers and the centralized trash receptacles on a regular schedule. They will clean the desk side containers as needed since can liners cannot be used in single stream receptacles.
• Custodians WILL NOT empty any desk side trash receptacles.

Recycle and trash receptacles have been placed in common areas in the buildings.  Please continue to use the single stream recycling process throughout the building.

The single-stream process will be rolling out across campus.  Please see our single-stream recycling program page for more information.

Not sure what to recycle at Creighton?  This handy poster, created by Creighton student Jacob Schroeder, makes it easy.  Click on the thumbnail of the poster below to open and save it to your desktop.

TONER and INKJET CARTRIDGES can be returned for recycling.  If your cartridge comes with a mailback label, please use it.  If there is no label, simply mark it with "RECYCLE" and contact Central Receiving at 280-2397 for pickup.  They will collect the cartridges and send them back to the recycler.

Recycling update (Printable version of the above information)

A husband-and-wife team of Creighton employees heads up a program for recycling goods from the residence halls leftover at the end of the year.