Sustainability Initiative at 十大赌博正规平台在线

“特殊的 Collections” include several unique waste categories that are different from composting or recycling. They represent relationships Aquinas has developed with companies that can recycle hard-to-recycle waste, so what is accepted is very specific. 特殊的 collections are, by definition, unique. Disregard the rules used for recycling and composting and focus on the lists of examples given for each collection. 只有 LISTED ITEMS can be placed in their respective bins. At a 特殊的 Collection Station you will find the following collections: Terracycle, 善意 Donations, 聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料, 墨盒s, E-Waste, Batteries. 下载: 特殊的 Collection and Terracyle Graphic

特殊的 Collections Stations

• Academic Building: Basement (across from elevator)
• Apartments: First Floor Lobby
• Art and Music Center: Lower Level
• Browne Center: 2nd Floor Office Area
• Holmdene: Basement under stairwell
• Hruby Hall: First Floor Incinerator room near elevator
• 库:游说
• Regina: All trash rooms on every floor
• St. Joe: 特殊的 Collections Closet across from the trash rooms on every floor
• Wege Student Center: Outside the Health Center

*Terracycle Only bins are also located in the Moose and at all Vending Machines

Terracycle
Terracycle is an international upcycling and recycling company that collects difficult-to-recycle packaging and products and repurposes the material into innovative products. 在这里 is what you can put in Terracyle: 

• 糖果棒包装纸
• 零食袋包装纸
• Energy/Granola Bar Wrappers

Make Your Own Terracycle Box
Want to help AQ reach zero waste? Start by making a personal Terracycle collection 盒子! 下载 and print out the label, and start collecting everyday waste such as snack bags and candy wrappers. When your 盒子 is full, simply empty it at your nearest Terracycle站. >下载 a Terracycle Label

善意
Aquinas is collecting items that can be donated to 善意 for reuse. 各种各样的 items are accepted including clothes, jewelry, books, shoes, furniture (any condition), sports equipment, and other household items. 善意 will accept items in any condition, including stained shirts and old shoes. Items that cannot be sold in a 善意 store are recycled by the organization.
 
聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料
You can recycle your 聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料 at Aquinas. 接受ed items include white, block-style 聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料只. We do NOT accept packing peanuts, egg cartons, or 聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料 cups and 盘子. 

Electronic Waste (E-waste) 回收
Unwanted and broken electronic items can be recycled at Aquinas, including cell phones, alarm clocks, radios, computer parts, and much more. Any item with a battery or a cord is accepted (excluding large appliances such as refrigerators). Collected electronics 捐赠给 Comprenew Environmental, a non-profit 电子垃圾 recycler who reprocesses all 电子垃圾 collected for resale or disassembles into component parts for reuse by suppliers.

According to a report by The National Safety Council, there is an estimated 315 million obsolete computers and over 500 million outdated cell phones in just the United States. The study states less than 11% of computers are recycled (cleanair.org). 回收 electronic waste (电子垃圾) is especially important because it contains highly toxic substances, including lead, mercury, cadmium, lithium, brominated flame retardants, phosphorous coatings, and PVC plastics that create dioxins when burned. 极端的 amount of lead in electronics alone causes damage in the central and peripheral nervous systems, the blood, and the kidneys. E-waste represents 70% of the overall toxic waste 在垃圾填埋场. Keep these dangerous chemicals out of our landfills by recycling your 电子垃圾.

墨盒 & 电池回收
By recycling your ink cartridges, you can help keep tons of plastic and metal out of our landfills and help reduce the amount of new raw materials—including oil—required to produce new ink cartridges. If possible, please recycle ink cartridges in their respective 盒子es so we can keep the recycling containers clean. 如果你有更大的 ink cartridges to recycle that won’t fit in the cardboard 盒子es, please bring them to the ITS help desk (3rd floor AB).