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Campus Recycling Services
Associated Students Office

18111 Nordhoff St.
Northridge, CA 91330-8260

Phone: (818) 677-4262
Fax: (818) 677-3869
Mail Code: 8260

Email: ursrrr@csun.edu
Hours: Monday-Friday 7am-4pm

Campus Recycling - Links

Below are links to several different web sites that may interest you. Simply click on the name of the web site and you will be redirected.

 

Where can I take my stuff to be recycled?

 

1800Recycling:
Search for recycling centers near you, green news and recycling tips.

 

Earth 911:
Environmental Service Company. Search by zip code where to take your recyclables

 

S.A.F.E. Centers: Solvents/Automotive/Flammables/Electronics - LA hazardous waste collection centers

 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Hazardous waste

 

General:

 

Bottlesandcans.com: Learn how to begin recycling, get posters and other materials

 

Californians Against Waste: Learn about recycling issues affecting CA and legislation pertaining to different issues

 

California Resource Recovery Association: Promoting waste reduction, reuse, recycling, pollution prevention, and composting

 

Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (Cal Recycle): Home of CA’s recycling and waste reducing efforts

 

eHow Going Green Guide: Learn how you can become a little more green

 

Environment and Recycling: Learn about street services, E-waste programs, bulky item recycling disposal, used oil collection centers among other services

 

Environmental Protection Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website

 

EnvironmentLA: Learn about projects and programs that are working toward making LA the greenest in the nation

 

Grassroots Recycling Network-Zero Waste Resources: National network of waste reduction and Zero Waste Resources


Los Angeles - Sanitation - Dept. of Public Works: Collection, cleaning, recycling of solid and liquid waste generated by residential, commercial and industrial users.  Learn about other recycling services in your area.


The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive: Promotes sustainability and environmental stewardship throughout federal government operations.

 

The Theodore Payne Foundation: Promotes the understanding and preservation of California native flora.


Batteries:

Call 2 Recycle- Rechargeable batteries and cell phone recycling. With 30,000 drop-off locations, find one near you!

 

Household Battery Recycling- Drop off batteries at these participating Jiffy Lube locations


Dept. of Public Works: Take your batteries to one of these events listed on the  HHW/E-waste collection schedule


Bulky Items:

 

1800 Got Junk?: Junk removal for a fee.


County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works


Bureau of Sanitation: Fill in this Service Request form to get your bulky items picked up


Composting:

 

Green Culture: On-line source for composting supplies

 

How to Compost: If you are just beginning or are a professional, find out resources for all your composting needs.

 

US EPA- Resource conservation-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle-Composting


Energy solutions/ efficiency:

 

Energy Star: Joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

 

Southern California Edison

 

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

 

Home Energy Efficiency rebates: Get rebates for qualified products, as well as refrigerator and freezer recycling and rebates.

 

Environmental Info/Media/Education resources:

 

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education:
Provides resources, professional development, and a network to help in sustainability efforts on-campus

 

Earth Day Network: Driving force in environmental awareness worldwide through environmental education

 

Earth Resource Foundation: Find resources to make environmentally sustainable choices and changes. Learn about eco-friendly events.

 

Environmental Defense Fund: Partner with businesses and communities to find environmental solutions to problems

 

National Wildlife Federation - Campus Ecology: Leading conservation program in higher education. Learn about wildlife conservation, sustainability efforts, and how to get involved

 

Sustainable Development on Campus: Tool kit for greening your campus

 

Island Press: Source for books, environmental information, and solutions

 

The Video Project: Media for a Safe and Sustainable World

 

E-waste- Computers & Electronics:

 

Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL)

 

Basel Action Network: World waste trade news and information

 

Los Angeles County Sanitation Department: Household Waste and Hazardous Waste

 

Bureau of Sanitation

 

Earth 911: Environmental Service Company. Search by zip code where to take your recyclables

 

LA County Department of Public Works

 

OC Waste and Recycling

 

StEP(Solving the E-waste Problem)- an initiative of various UN organizations with the overall aim to solve the e-waste problem.

 

Office Purchasing/Green Products:

 

Cal Recycle

 

Staples

 

Office depot


Conservatree-Paper for the Environment: Information on environmentally friendly paper

 

Green Seal- Learn about products that have been given the green seal of approval

 

Treecycle Recycled Paper- Provides education and access to a wide range of eco-friendly products

 

World Centric- This site provides high quality compostable food service disposables and food packaging products for schools, home, and work

 

Happy Tiffin- Stainless steel containers that stack and lock to each other. Perfect as lunchboxes

 

Go Green Lunchbox- Essentially a bento box inside an insulated carrier.

 

Tires/Motor oil :

 

Waste Tire Recycling: Dept. of Public Works

 

Tire Recycling: - Free Listings of Plants and Recycling Companies

 

Tire management: Through Cal recycle find out all about tire recycling

 

Waste Reduction/Resource Recovery:

 

Freecycle- Non-profit movement of people giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns

 

Goodwill Southern California- Have things laying around that you wanted to get rid of? Don’t throw it away, Donate it!

 

Used Cardboard Boxes- This site provides low cost, earth friendly cardboard boxes for all your moving needs

 

Water / Water Efficiency:

 

 

 

OTHER CAMPUS RECYCLING PROGRAMS

 

CSU’s:

Bakersfield

Channel Islands

Chico

Dominguez Hills

East Bay

Fresno

Fullerton

Humboldt State

Long Beach

ASI Recycling Center (Long Beach)

Los Angeles

CA Maritime Academy

Monterey Bay

Cal Poly Pomona

Sacramento

San Bernardino

San Diego State

San Francisco State

San Jose State

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

San Marcos

Sonoma State

Stanislaus

 

UC’s:

Berkeley

Davis

Los Angeles

Merced

Riverside

San Diego

San Francisco

Santa Barbara

Santa Cruz

Stanford University Facilities Operations

 

Other campus links:

Santa Monica College Recycling Department

UC Berkeley Worms

Santa Monica College Recycling Department