FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY Physical Plant Standard Operating Procedures		Number: SOP 4-5 Date: August 19, 2003 Revision: June 25, 2009	No. of Pages: 3
Section 4: Work Management Center	Subject: Recycling

Authority	Department Administration
Purpose	To define policy for recycling
Applicability	All University Employees
Policy	Consistent with the University's mission to emphasize environmentally oriented studies, FGCU is committed to developing and implementing programs for the collection of recyclable materials and for the reduction of solid waste.
	The Physical Plant Department is the operational unit in this University wide endeavor.
Recycling	Physical Plant provides well-marked collection containers in strategically placed locations throughout the campus for the deposit of mixed paper, aluminum cans, and glass and plastic bottles. For more information on recycling efforts on campus, click here.
	The custodial contractor is responsible for emptying the collection containers into 95 gallon recycle carts provided by a waste disposal contractor under contract with Lee County.
	Individual departments, offices, or other units may be provided with blue baskets to supplement the collection of office paper.
	The custodial contractor is responsible for emptying the contents of these baskets into the collector container, or, the 95-gallon carts provided for University use only.
	This is scheduled on a weekly basis and picked up every Friday, or by request for special items such as large quantities of shredded paper, cases of brochures, etc.
Non Recyclable Items	Do not include these items in blue paper containers:
	· Food waste
	· Waxed or waxy papers
	· Blueprint paper
	· Photographic film/paper
	· NO METAL FASTENERS, SPIRAL BINDERS, or RUBBER BANDS · To see what else can and can’t be recycled on campus, click here.
Newspaper	University personnel are generally responsible for the deposit of discarded newspaper in the large containers marked “NEWSPAPER ONLY”. These are located on the first floor of Academic Building 3 and the second floor of the Student Union. The large collection container for newspaper is located behind Howard Hall.
Cardboard	Large recycle containers for cardboard are located on campus: one behind Howard Hall, one behind the Student Union, one behind Alico Arena, and one behind the Campus Support Complex.
	University personnel are responsible for breaking down all cardboard boxes before placing them outside of their areas for collection by the custodial staff, which then transports the materials to the containers. Stickers marked “recycle” are available at the Work Management Center if needed for placement on cardboard. The Work Management Center can be reached at 590-1370 or wmc@fgcu.edu.
	BREAK DOWN ALL CARBOARD BOXES
Solid Waste	The firm under contract with Lee County provides appropriate sized solid waste dumpsters as determined by Physical Plant.
	They are placed in strategic locations throughout the campus for the deposit of non-recyclable waste.
	The custodial staff is responsible for emptying non-recyclable material, inside and outside waste cans, and other containers into the dumpsters.
	For large quantities of recyclable items, please call the Work Management Center 590-1370 to schedule and coordinate pick-up.

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