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Waste Diversion ResourcesQuick Reference Guide

Corrugated Cardboard & Box Board

• Bristol board • Construction paper • File folders • Tissue boxes• Cereal boxes• Shoe boxes • Corrugated cardboard • Tubes from paper towels

Corrugated cardboard boxes can be reused forshipments when appropriate within Departments. Surplus cardboard or box boardshould be flattened and placed inside the Moderncardboard recycling bins located outside at thefollowing locations: • Tower loading dock, • DeCew dining hall, • Walker Complex – across from tennis courts.• Campus Store loading dock • Lowenberger dining hall• Shipping & Receiving Area Mackenzie Chown G

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Do not leave boxes in the halls, however if youare in an office area, you may leave your flattened cardboard or box board beside or ontop of the recycling receptacles on your floor anda member of the Custodial Service’s unit will collect it at some point in the day.

PROCEDURE ACCEPTED NOT-ACCEPTED

Fine Paper & Newsprint – Print on both sides of each sheet and subscribe to electronic news/journals.PROCEDURE ACCEPTED NOT-ACCEPTED

• Corrugated cardboard

• Carbon copy paper

• Tissue

• Paper towel

• Paper cups/plates

• Soiled paper(fast food wrappers)

• Newsprint

• Photocopy paper, Bond paper

• Wrapping paper

• NCR business forms

• Magazines & Catalogues

• Posters & flyers

• Calendars(remove spiral binding)

• Blue prints

• Post – it notes

• Telephone books

• Books (remove covers)

Recycled paper can be placed in office/class-rooms small blue bins, or in blue recycling recep-tacles in corridors. Photocopy stations have largeblue recycling totes on wheels where paper canbe recycled. Custodial Services empty these binson a certain frequency.

Used text books can be returned to the Campusstore during their buy back periods.

If you are moving, cleaning out your work areaand have a large quantity of recycling, call aheadto Custodial Services @ 4450 to arrange for alarge wheeled recycling tote it will make your joband ours easier.

Brock University Facilities Management Department, Custodial Services

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• Paper cups & plates, • Napkins and tissue.

FLATTEN BOXES

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Co-Mingled Containers (plastic, cans, glass & cartons)

Coffee Cups

• Paint/Aerosol containers

• Broken mirror or window glass

• Broken plates, cups and ceramics

• Test tubes

• Polystyrene

• Scrap metal

• Latex gloves

• Garbage bags or sandwich bags

• Plastic wrap

• Aluminum cans• Glass bottles & jars• Tin cans• Aluminum foil• Plastic bottles• Milk and juice cartons

Where possible, bring your own reusable foodand drink containers. Should you require discard-ing a recyclable co-mingled container, blue binsare available in public corridors, lunchrooms anddining halls. Custodial Services empty these con-tainers on a set frequency depending on roomtype.


Coffee cups are not recyclable but are compostable. Place cups indesignated recycling stations wherever coffee is sold on campus.

Remember No Lids Please!

Scrap Metal Recycling

Scrap metal cannot be recycled in the regular recycling bins. Within the University staff & faculty with large metal items or office appliances canhave their scrap metal removed and recycled via special bins. To arrange callext. 4450 and specify that your item is for scrap metal recycling andarrangements will be made by Facilities Management to decommission andmove. The scrap metal bin is located at the Central Utility Building.

Surplus Furniture/Asset Redeployment

The Purchasing Department, with the assistances of Custodial Services, provides furniture redeploymentand disposal services. An online form for this service is available at this linkhttp://www.brocku.ca/webfm_send/7749 , complete the form and send it to the attention of Central Shipping & Receiving. For more information contact Kevin Lawr at extension 3511.

Furniture may be re-deployed or donated to Habitat for Humanities or Warehouse of Hope.



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Inkjet and Laser Printer Cartridges

Disposal of Electronic Equipment

Hazardous Waste Disposal

Battery Disposal

• Large lead acid batteriesRechargeable• Nickel Hydride • Nickel Lithium Ion • Nickel Cadmium • Small sealed lead acid

Alkaline• Standard A,AA,AA,C,D,9v• Lithium• Mercury

Batteries are highly toxic and should NOT beplaced in the garbage.

Individuals should collect their personal batteriesand take them to an authorized DROP OFF centre in the region - (see enviro-guide on lastpage)

Brock employees may drop off acceptable usedwork batteries at Science Stores located outsideof room E304 in E block of Mackenzie Chown.




Used inkjet and laser printer cartridges can be recycled. Faculty and staff can place used cartridges in a box clearly marked “used cartridge” and send it forproper disposal via interoffice mail. For more information contact Kevin Lawr at extension 3511.

Brock Student Ambassadors (Think Recycle Program) - students can bring their used cartridges tothe collection bins located at the tower lobby information desk or at the North and South servicedesks in Residence. For more information contact Alumni Relations at Ext.3251.

Computer Equipment - the Purchasing Department, with the assistances of ITS, providescomputer redeployment and disposal services. An online form for this service is availableat this link http://www.brocku.ca/webfm_send/7749 ,complete the form and send it to Central Shipping & Receiving. For more information contact Kevin Lawr at extension 3511.

Cell phones/Blackberries - Staff & Faculty can turn in their unwanted cellular devices atthe ITS help desk located at F314 in Mackenzie Chown.

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Hazardous Waste Disposal – Hazardous waste cannot be placed in the regular waste stream, so the Hazardous Waste Management System(HWMS) was developed. The HWMS is a joint initiative of the Office of Environment, Health and Safety and Science Stores and consists of theproper separation, identification, and packaging of the waste at the lab level, safe and effective internal transfer, bulking, storage and transport facilitated by trained technicians and detailed recordkeeping to meet regulatory guidelines. Hazardous waste removal procedure (calendar of pickup dates, forms, instructions) can be found on the science stores website at http://brocku.ca/mathematics-science/departments-and-centres/sciencestores/waste-disposal

For Further information contact:

Science Stores:Irene Palumbo & Lisa Wilson X3407

Environment, Health and Safety:Andy Prankevicius X5390 & Valerie Wolfe X4027

http://www.brocku.ca/hr-ehs/environment-health-safety/academic-safety

Promoting Waste Free Events & Conferences – A Waste Free Event is one that reduces consumption, maximizes recycling, and ensures that products used can be reused or recycled.

Custodial & Grounds Service Units are part of the Facilities Management Department and they would like to assist in making yourConference/Events as “Green” as possible. We will provide the proper containers needed for the different waste and recycling streams generatedby your event (plastics, cans, cartons, bottles and cardboard). By doing so, we will reduce or eliminate waste that would otherwise be land filled.

Interior EventsE-mail Nadia Shaver [email protected] or at extension 4450.

Exterior Event E-mail Joanne Phelan [email protected] or extension 3717

Other Zero Waste Event ideas and checklist can be found on the link below.

http://www.brocku.ca/webfm_send/7422

Enviro Guide – Niagara’s Guide to organizations that accept re-usable itemscan be found on the link below:

http://www.niagararegion.ca/government/initiatives/enviroguide/organizations.aspx


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