Recycling

Newspaper Recycling

For your convenience, newspaper recycling bins are located in the buildings listed below. The recycling bins typically are located near the Iowa State Daily distribution site in each of the building (see bin location chart below). Bikes at Work (those folks on bicycles) provides the gray bins with blue slotted lids in areas off of main hallways, i.e. vending areas, lunchrooms, etc. Cycles Recycling also collects the newspapers, checking each location several times per week, and determining frequency of each building.

Newspaper Recycling Program - 10/07

Building	Bin Location
Administrative Services Building	South entry by ISU Daily distribution box
Agronomy	1st floor by vending machines; outside Room 1126
Armory	south end by Parking Systems Office
Beardshear	mail room on ground floor (using blue barrel)
Bessey	south entry by Daily distribution box & Room 210
Carver	1st floor west end
Coover	east entry by Daily distribution box & Room 2245
Curtiss	ground floor by Daily distribution box
Design	1st floor next to Design Café
East	foyer between East & Heady
Fisher-Nickel	by W entry
Frederiksen Ct Comm Ctr	SE corner of cafe
General Services	vending room (toter bin)
Gerdin	ground floor, east entry
Hamilton	lounge area; Room 0158
Heady	foyer between East & Heady
Hoover	1st floor hallway behind auditorium
Howe	Room 1373 by Daily distribution box
Hub	by west entry
Kildee	Lush Auditorium
Lagomarcino	east side breezeway by Daily distribution box
Memorial Union	north Commons entry & by check-out line
Molecular Biology	south entry by Daily distribution box
Oak/Elm
Parks Library	main entry
Pearson	northwest entry
Physics	1st floor entry commons area and Room 12
Science II	vending area
Seed Science	Room 109 (toter bin)
Sloss House
Snedecor
Student Health
Sweeney	off of main hallway
TASF/Ames Lab	TASF Room 111
Transit Station	lobby (toter bin)
Vet Med	Gentle Doctor Café (toter bin)

Currently we are recycling almost nine tons of newspaper per month. Each ton recycled represents a diverted savings of $60, the current university disposal fee at the Ames Resource Recovery Plant.

NOTE: Campus recycling bins are for The Daily and other newspapers originally delivered to campus as part of your educational/departmental activities. Please do not bring paper from home, as we incur costs in regards to volume of newspaper taken to trailer. Thank you.

The revenue we receive for newspaper is minimal, but the custodial time savings we receive from not having to collect discarded newspaper and the avoided tipping fee help offset the cost somewhat. Even though we do not make money recycling newspapers, the benefit to the environment and reduced litter enhances the appearance of our buildings and grounds.

Contact the Recycling Coordinator (recycling@iastate.edu) at 294-0692 if you have any questions about newspaper recycling.

Visit our Request Form to have your newspaper picked up.