Recycling & Waste Management

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Facility Management’s Recycling & Waste Management team implements a number of programs designed to divert materials from landfills and support the University’s sustainability goals. For more information on recyclable items, please visit Recycling at Georgetown. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the following guidelines to ensure proper disposal of waste in your building and use designated trash rooms, trash corrals or loading docks as suggested (see map Waste Disposal Locations) by the signage in those areas.

Collection Services We Offer

Trash Disposal

• All trash items should be bagged and placed inside a designated containers in order to be picked up. Failure to do so will result in an increase of rodent’s presence.
• Place regular bagged household waste, such as food wrappers, tissues, non-recyclable items and food waste when compost bin is unavailable in the designated and labeled gray/black trash toters or designated and labeled compactors in designated trash area.
• Do not dispose of bulk items in regular trash bins. To report bulk items, submit a service request through the Facilities Service Center.

Trash Items Include but are Not Limited to:

Recycling and Cardboard Disposal

• Refer to attached list from Office of Sustainability to identify recyclable items. It is crucial to separate recyclables and cardboard from regular trash to support our commitment to environmental sustainability and place them in designated recycling area.
• Place only recycle items, such as paper, glass, and plastic containers in the designated and labeled blue toters.
• Place cardboard separate from recycling in the designated and labeled gray toters or designated and labeled compactors.

Recycle Items Include but are Not Limited to:

Food Waste & Compost Disposal

Food Waste is only collected from dining facilities (Leo’s Dining Hall and Epicurean restaurant). Place food waste in designated compost compactor on the loading dock in SWQ building or green compost toters on the same location.

Food Waste & Compost Disposal Include but are Not Limited to:

Bulk Disposal

Bulk trash includes large furniture, carpets, HVAC filters, pallets, or other oversized items. Report these items by submitting a service request through the Facilities Service Center. We provide 20, 30 and 40 Cubic Yard Dumpsters for bulk waste disposal.