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Recycling and Waste Reduction

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? Check out 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 District website and enter a material you'd like to know more about in the "What Do I Do With?" search box. More details about recycling plastics around Cleveland can be found here, and helpful videos are available on the Solid Waste District's YouTube channel.

Click here for a summary of the challenges of recycling different plastics. This summary is from St. Paul, MN, but is relevant in most locations.

Help Tri-C recycle more by being conscientious about recycling. With mixed recycling collection, it’s never been easier – all recyclables can go together in a single bin! Beyond recycling being easy, below are some great reasons to recycle:

  • Recycling saves money on waste disposal and helps keeps tuition low
  • Recycling keeps your campus, community, and workplace clean
  • Recycling saves resources & energy
  • Recycling creates jobs – according to the Ohio department of Natural Resources over 100,000 jobs in Ohio are dependent upon recycling

Progress to date:

Mixed recycling collection allows all recyclable items to go into a single bin for collection and later sorting.
Mixed recycling collection allows all recyclable items to go into a single bin for collection and later sorting.
Plant Science and Landscape Technology and Hospitality Management team up to compost food waste at Eastern Campus.
Plant Science and Landscape Technology and Hospitality Management team up to compost food waste at Eastern Campus.
Kitchen waste from several locations is composted in partnership with Rust Belt Riders Composting.
Kitchen waste from several locations is composted in partnership with Rust Belt Riders Composting.
Scrap metal and other wastes are recycled behind the scenes by Plant Operations staff at all campuses.
Scrap metal and other wastes are recycled behind the scenes by Plant Operations staff at all campuses.
Eastern Campus Library staff with books being sent to Better World Books for reuse or recycling.
Eastern Campus Library staff with books being sent to Better World Books for reuse or recycling.
Records Management oversees shredding and recycling of 80 tons of paper per year.
Records Management oversees shredding and recycling of 80 tons of paper per year.
Plant Operations staff ensure campus waste gets recycled.
Plant Operations staff ensure campus waste gets recycled.
Professor Justin Miller reduces waste in the classroom through the use of technology.
Professor Justin Miller reduces waste in the classroom through the use of technology.

Recycling

  • Tri-C’s mixed recycling program (also known as “single-stream” or “fully commingled” recycling) allows paper, cardboard, bottles, and cans to all be recycled together in a single bin. Recyclable materials are hauled to a materials recovery facility (MRF) where they are sorted into individual commodities for recycling.
    • Tri-C Mixed Recycling guidelines
    • Tri-C Recycling FAQ
  • Scrap metal, pallets, electronic waste, light bulbs, and other materials are recycled by operations staff.
  • 38% diversion rate in the 2015-16 academic year, with over 300 tons recycled or diverted from the landfill.  

Composting

  • At the Eastern Campus, the Culinary Arts program has teamed up with the Plant Science and Landscape Technology program to compost fruit and vegetable prep waste on site. The Plant Science program uses the finished compost for projects in their classes.
  • Kitchen waste from the Hospitality Management Center, Eastern Campus cafeteria, and Corporate College East is composted in partnership with Rust Belt Riders Composting.

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!

Tri-C Sustainability - Growing Green Communities

Tri-C Sustainability - Growing Green Communities

How to reach us

David November
216-987-4756
david.november@tri-c.edu

Resources

Tri-C Recycling Guidelines

Tri-C Sustainability Implementation Plan
Tri-C Sustainability Plan
Tri-C Sustainability Plan Summary
Tri-C Recycling FAQ
Tri-C 2008 Sustainability Steering Committee Report

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