Handling of Material

Paper

• Recyclable paper is gathered in offices and dorm areas recycling areas all over campus.
• Paper that is transported from buildings is sorted into different grades on our conveyor at the recycling center.
• Paper is then transported from sorting line to the 40 yard paper roll off to be hauled away.
• The paper is then taken to the paper processing plant.

Used Beverage Containers

• USB containers originate in classroom bins, dorm bins, and outdoor cans.
• We collect material from all campus buildings and outdoor cans, directly or with assistance from housekeeping.
• We empty our material into City of Harrisonburg recycling trucks.
• The material is taken to the city's material recovery facility.
• "Volunteers" from the county jail sort the material into different grades of recyclable material to be sent to a processing plant.

Cardboard

• We collect cardboard material from all university buildings with a rear load paper truck and pickup truck.
• The material goes to Dave's recycling on High street.

Old Corrugated Containers

• Loose OCC pays $20 per ton while saving $50 avoiding dumping fees.
• JMU saves $70 for every ton of OCC recycled.
• August 2000 JMU recycled 59,435 lbs. of loose cardboard.
• Environmentally, saved 510 trees; 210,000 gallons of water; 123,000 kilowatt hours of energy; and 90 cubic yards of landfill space.

Scrap Metal

• We sort scrap metal extracted from various buildings into three grades to obtain higher revenue.
• Copper, Aluminum, and Stainless Steel
• Aluminum pays $.28 per pound.
• Copper 1 and 2 mix pays at $.45 per pound.
• Stainless steel pays $.10 per pound.
• Low grade, bulk scrap metal is collected in roll off dumpster to be hauled to Staunton for reprocessing.
• Average weight is 2.5 tons saving $125 per pull.

Fluorescent Light Bulbs

• Utilities department collects used bulbs during summer changes and as bulbs go bad druing the year.
• Bulbs are split into three recyclable products.
• We box the bad bulbs to be shipped to USA Lights for mercury extraction.
• Cost for JMU: 4ft bulbs = $.28 U-shape = $.48 HID = $1.25 per bulb.

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