Refuse

Facilities Management provides recycling, compost, and landfill waste education to participating campus partners in support of the University's sustainability goals.

Image of a recycle poster depicting what items can be recycled. Glass, paper, plastic containers, bottles or cans, and cardboard. Image of a compost poster depicting what items can be composted. Paper cups, paper napkins, paper containers, food scraps, and wooden utensils. Image of a lanfill poster depicting what items are landfill. Plastic utensils, condiment wrappers, and food wrappers

FY27 Waste & Recycing Service Update

Beginning FY27, centralized sorting of recyclable materials by Facilities Management will be discontinued. Building occupants will be responsible for properly separating recyclable, compostable, and landfill materials at the point of disposal.

  • Refuse Sorting: Building occupants will be responsbile for placing materials in the appropriate recycling, compost, or landfil containers.
    • Proper seperation at the point of disposal is essential to maintaining effective waste divsersion and reducing the amount of recyclable and compostable materials sent to landfill. 

For more information regarding Central Waste Locations, please follow the link provided to Box. Here, you will be able to select your location and download a map highlighting the waste locations for your building. 

Should you have any questions or need more information, please contact Facilities Management at facilities@ucmerced.edu.