Recycling and Waste Reduction
Our Goal: Increase Tri-C’s waste diversion rate to 40% by 2035.
Curious about what should go into the blue mixed recycling bins around Tri-C? 看看 Tri-C's mixed recycling guidelines.
Do you ever wonder how mixed recycling collected around Tri-C gets sorted? See what happens with Tri-C's mixed recycling.
For more information about recycling in Cuyahoga County, visit the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste 区 website and enter a material you'd like to know more about in the “我该怎么办??" 搜索框. 他们的 How to Recycle Right 页面 is especially informative. Helpful videos are available on the Solid Waste 区's YouTube channel.
Tri-C libraries have diverted nearly 8 tons of old books from the landfill since 2013 by working with 美好世界书籍. 了解更多.
废金属, 托盘, 电子垃圾, 灯泡, and other materials are recycled by operations staff.
堆肥:
- Kitchen waste from the Hospitality Management Center, the East Campus Hospitality teaching kitchen, and Metro and 西方的校园 cafeterias is composted in partnership with Rust Belt Riders Composting.
Help Tri-C recycle more by being conscientious about recycling. Here are some great reasons to recycle:
- Recycling keeps your campus, community, and workplace clean
- Recycling saves resources and energy
- Recycling creates jobs – according to the Ohio Department of Natural 资源, 超过100,000 jobs in Ohio are dependent upon recycling
迄今进展:
![Mixed recycling collection allows all recyclable items to go into a single bin for collection and later sorting.](images/james-gardner-andy-crawford-recycling.jpg)
![Kitchen waste from several locations is composted in partnership with Rust Belt Riders Composting.](images/chef-bob-with-compost.jpg)
![废金属 and other wastes are recycled behind the scenes by Plant Operations staff at all campuses.](images/scrap-metal-recycling.jpg)
![东校区 图书馆 staff with books being sent to 美好世界书籍 for reuse or recycling.](images/east-campus-library-with-books-for-bwb.jpg)
![Records Management oversees shredding and recycling of 80 tons of paper per year.](images/records-management.jpg)
![Plant Operations staff ensure campus waste gets recycled.](images/craig-gubbini.jpg)
![Professor Justin Miller reduces waste in the classroom through the use of technology.](images/justin-miller.jpg)
Fun facts about recycling:
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours and uses 95% less energy to make a new can than it would take to make a new can from raw materials.
- Recycling one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours, and recycled plastic bottles can be made back into bottles or into carpet or clothing.
- Paper is made from trees and every ton of paper recycled saves 17 trees!