UW Recycling and UW Solid Waste

E.MEDiA Bins

Electronic Media Recycling Bin

Recycling introduced E.MEDiA bins to the Seattle campus on April 19, 2007. The new bins will provide a convenient location where staff, faculty and students can recycle their electronic media.
If you have any questions about this program please contact
UW Recycling at recycle@u.washington.edu

Allen Center for CSE – Main floor lobby, near reception & elevators Anderson – Room 115 Art – Floor 1, across from library entrance Bagley – Floor 1, Chemstores, just inside loading dock Bloedel – Outside Room 253 Bryant – Main floor hallway, with existing Public Area Bins Engineering Library – Next to Reserve Book Drop Gates Law School – Floor 1 lunchroom, with existing Public Area Bins Gerberding – Basement lobby, by existing Public Area Bins Gould – Outside Room 236 Graves – Floor 2 copy room, at end of hall to the right Hall Health – Room 204 HSC B-170 – across from South Campus Stores HSC D-108 – across from Physical Plant Stores HSC J-014 – across from Biochemistry Stores HSC T-Wing Library – Floor 3, across from library entrance Publication Services – just inside loading dock sliding door South Campus Center – Outside Room 242 University Facilities – Lower floor copy area Urban Horticulture – Douglas Research Conservatory, main room on left Wilcox – First floor public area, across from elevators Winkenwerder – Room 104, just inside door next to bagits UW Tower – Floor T-11 by the elevator lobby Public Area Bins UW Tower – Floor C-4 cafeteria entrance under the signboard Academic Computing Center (A.C.C.) – Second floor on the left at the top of the stairs Social Work – Second floor to the right of the stairs Schmitz – Third Floor by elevator Public Area Bins Communications – Basement by Communications Copy Center Public Area Bins Johnson Hall – 2nd floor by rm 222 Mueller Hall – Next to rm 170 More Hall – by lockers on third floor hallway Mary Gates Hall – Near east ground floor entrance by soda machines

What can be recycled:

Cell phones, Pagers, PDAs, Smart Phones, small electronics
For disposal of UW-issued equipment, visit www.uwsurplus.com

Inkjet Cartridges and Bubble Jet Printer Cartridges
If you have large printer cartridges and toner cartridges from copy machines, please click here for information about how to recycle them.

Compact Disks, DVDs, Videotapes, Audio Tapes, Computer Disks
For information about confidential materials destruction, scroll down to Non-Paper Material Shred Services.
If you have large quantities of archival tapes and disks, please box up the materials and then and fill out the appropriate online request form.

Batteries: Alkaline, Carbon, Zinc, Lithium, Ni-Cad, Nickel, Metal Hydride and Silver Oxide
For information on how to dispose of larger batteries, damaged batteries, or large quantities, visit www.ehs.washington.edu

Note: The E.MEDiA lid has specific holes for each of the item streams. Choose the proper disposal compartment before you place your items into the bin.