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

See recycling locations on the online campus map

Building	Location
Administrative Services Building	inside the south door entry
Agronomy Hall	1st floor by vending machines; outside Room 1126
Alumni Center	First floor east entrance in mailroom
Armory	south end by Parking Systems Office
Beardshear Hall	mail room on ground floor (using blue barrel)
Bessey Hall	south entry by Daily distribution box & Room 210
Black Engineering	Basement next to ISU Daily box
Carver Hall	First floor west end
Catt Hall	by ISU Daily box
College of Design	1st floor next to Design Cafe
Communications Building	by elevator on 1st floor
Coover Hall	east entry by Daily distribution box & Room 2245
Curtiss Hall	Ground floor by Daily distribution box & outside auditorium doors on main floor and balcony
East Hall	foyer between East & Heady
Frederiksen Court Community Center
General Services Building	vending room (toter bin)
Gerdin Business Building	ground floor, east entry & lecture hall
Hamilton Hall	lounge area & Room 0158
Heady Hall	foyer between East & Heady
Hoover Hall	1st floor hallway behind auditorium
Howe Hall	Room 1373 by ISU Daily distribution box
Hub	by west entry
Jacobson Athletic Building	west doors inside front entry
Kildee Hall	Lush Auditorium
Lagomarcino Hall	east side breezeway by ISU Daily distribution box
Marston Hall	next to ISU Daily distribution box in main hallway
Memorial Union	north Commons entry & by check-out line
Molecular Biology Building	south entry by ISU Daily distribution box
Parks Library	main entry & dock
Pearson Hall	northwest entry
Physics Hall	1st floor entry commons area and Room 12
Science Hall II	1st floor student lounge
Seed Science Building	Room 109
Sloss House
Snedecor Hall
Sweeney Hall	main hallway
Technical and Administrative Services Facility	Room 111
Transit Hub	lobby
Veterinary Medicine	Gentle Doctor Cafe (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.