Other Campus Recycling Programs
Other Campus Recycling Programs
ALL RECYCLING PROGRAMS ARE FOR COLUMBIA COLLEGE USE ONLY!
WE DO NOT ACCEPT CHICAGO RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING.
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BATTERY RECYCLING
Columbia College departments and its students use a multitude of battery powered equipment. The Battery Recycling Program handles the environmental disposal of used batteries.
Drop off your used batteries in Battery Recycling Tubes on campus. There are drop off centers in the lobbies of: 600 S. Michigan, 623 S. Wabash lobby, 33 E. Congress, 1104 S. Wabash, 624 S. Michigan, 618 S. Michigan, 916 S. Wabash, 1306 S. Michigan and 731 S. Plymouth. There is also a collection tube located on the 5th floor Film Cage at 1104 S. Wabash.
Dispose of your Nickel, Lead, Lithium, and Alkaline batteries.
All sizes are acceptable: A, AA, AAA, C, D, 9 volt and cell phone batteries.
If you have any industrial sized batteries that cannot fit inside our recycling containers, large 6 volt batteries, or large quantities of batteries, please contact Recycling for a pick-up and removal.
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PRINT CARTRIDGE RECYCLING
Recycle any old ink and toner cartridges such as any:
Ink and Laser Jet Printer Cartridges
Ink and Laser Toner Cartridges
Theresa Kerr, the Associate Director of Administrative Services, handles the packing and shipping these materials. Please keep the box they are delivered in so they are easy to track, reship, and pick up. The mailroom staff aids in to coordinate the collection of used items. Leave your used cartridges or boxes out for Mailroom delivery staff to take. Contact Theresa Kerr at tkerr@colum.edu or via ext 7245.
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All old, used, or outdated computer equipment can be
taken for recycling.
Monitors
Flat Screens
Towers
Keyboards
Mice
Any Peripherals
Our IT Buyer, Georgene Cole has a partnership with Vintage Technologies, an electronics recycler that environmentally handles this type of recycling. Please contact the IT department before removing any parts or placing used equipment in the hallway for trash. IT reuses some of these older machines, so please contact them and they will send someone over to pick up your materials.
To schedule a pick up for computer and accompanying peripherals, please contact Georgene Cole at gcole@colum.edu or via ext 8847.
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Technotrash Recycling
Technotrash includes CDs and DVDs with their cases and inserts, VHS tapes and their cases, jewel cases and inserts, floppy, and zip discs.
Specially labeled collection bins are located in
1104 S. Wabash outside the film cages on floors 4, 5, 6, and 7, and on the third floor
33 E. Congress in the audio studio basement, 2nd and 6th floor hallway
600 S. Michigan 7th and 14th floor hallway
916 S. Wabash 1st floor (by rear multimedia studio)
Look for these TechnoTrash bins near the other recycling bins.
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Contact the recycling program and we will get in touch with the proper campus department to handling your recycling.
Recycling@colum.edu or call ext 7055
