Mission Statement

The mission of the ASU Waste Reduction and Recycling Office is to partner with the campus community to promote sustainable resource management practices and to conserve earth’s natural resources.


Appalachian State Wins Composting Award

Appalachian won "Outstanding Composting or Organics Recycling Program" at the 2012 Carolina Recycling Association Awards Program.  This award recognizes a business, government agency, school, organization, or facility that designed and implemented a compost or organics recycling program that has been in operation for at least one year. For more program information, please visit our composting page.

Appalachian's Composting Operation Recognized in Magazine

  • July 19, 2010 - Appalachian's composting operation was recognized in BioCycle magazine.  Read the article that featured Appalachian State and five other colleges and universities.

About ASU Recycles

The ASU Recycles program is an in-house operation housed in the Physical Plant and targeting all academic and administrative buildings on campus. In addition to the standard recyclables, we also collect several other special recycling items in various locations throughout campus. The recycling program began as a student initiative in 1989.
 
Waste Diversion
 
Through an ongoing comprehensive education and outreach plan, we have been able to successfully grow this program over the past several years. We have increased awareness of the need to reduce and reuse, while our overall waste diversion rate has increased. This rate is the percentage of our total municipal solid waste stream that has been diverted from the landfill through reuse and recycling.
 
Waste Diversion Rate
 
Any campus community member can schedule an education/motivation session as needed. This session will enable the campus community to participate effectively in our program and help existing faculty, staff and students renew their commitment to waste reduction and recycling.

 

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Appalachian Waste Reduction and Recycling

Service Related Requests
828-262-7296
recycle [at] appstate [dot] edu
 
General Inquiries
828-262-2667
maxwelljb [at] appstate [dot] edu

 


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