 August 26
Fall Term Begins
 August 26—Sept. 1
1/2-Price Admission to Sunset Zoo with
K-State ID
 Sept. 8
Grandparents’ Day
 Sept. 20
National POW/MIA
Recognition Day
The order was placed and now the equipment is received. What do you do with all the packing material?
The Recycling Center, operated by the Division of Facilities, is located straight north of
Moore Hall and to the northeast of Weber Hall. Formerly known as the Wind Erosion Research building until the June 2008 tornado gave the building more data than it could handle, the building became the Recycling Center in February 2012. Bill Spiegel oversees the center and coordinates efforts of Facilities janitorial staff, student groups, as well as individual contributors, in the collecting, sorting, and transportation of recycled materials. The Center has outside bins, accessible 24 hours a day. Any K‐State faculty, staff, or student can drop off materials at the bins.
As of February 2013, the single stream recycling system was implemented. All acceptable items can be placed in one container, no pre‐sorting required. Aluminum cans, paper, cardboard, glass, plastics #1 through 7, and ink cartridges are the most common items. Faculty and staff can request a desk‐side recycle bin by asking the building janitor or calling Facilities at 532‐6446. E‐waste pickup can be arranged, also by calling Facilities at 532‐6446. Hazardous waste, e.g. batteries, aerosol cans and light bulbs (even from home), are accepted by
Environmental Health & Safety (108 Edwards Hall, 532‐5856). K‐State does not recycle binders, carbon paper, adhesives, food wrappers, paper towels, and Styrofoam at this time.
How important is recycling? Per the K‐State Recycling website “Recycling reduces our reliance on land ills & incinerators. Recycling protects our health and environment by removing harmful substances from the waste stream. Recycling conserves natural resources and reduces dependence on raw materials.” In 2012, K‐State hauled 5,712,980 pounds of material to the land ill while processing 833,606 pounds as recycling, that’s only 12.73%! The cost to land ill was $160,786.92. The Recycling Center has a goal of recycling 50% of K‐State’s total waste by 2015. Additional numbers (in pounds) regarding K‐State’s recycling efforts are:
MONTH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
TOTAL
REFUSE
363080
433900
320260
317060
CARD ‐
BOARD
44781
45748
33731
21698
1434300   145958
COMPOST   CO ‐ MINGLE   GLASS
16790
13740
7100
7100
44730
75003
70733
64740
67564
278040
1960
4320
3000
4720
14000
There is a lot more information available on the K‐State Recycling website at http://www.k‐state.edu/recycling/. Still don’t see the answer to your question? Contact
Facilities recycling at 532‐6446 or recycles@k‐state.edu.
Farewell to Dylan Buessing. As the fall semester starts, Dylan is leaving Purchasing and returning to his studies in Business and working for Housing & Dining Services. Thank you,
Dylan, for your wonderful help this summer.
Welcome back to Ericka Manring. After completing an internship working with a bunch of turkeys in Arkansas (seriously!), Ericka has returned to work in the Purchasing Of ice and continue with her feed science degree program.