Last year, Salisbury University placed in the top 25 percent in the 2023 Campus Race to Zero Waste National 8-week Competition. SU competed in the “Per Capita Classic” with an estimated 13.109 lbs per capita of recycling. The 2023 national competition cut out approximately 205 million pounds of waste that got donated, composted, and recycled….
Getting ready for winter break? Cleaning out your office? Retiring? We are here to help! Submit a Physical Plant Work Order for any office clean outs or moves. We have large, temporary recycling bins, trash cans, and locked shred bins to assist with your clean out. You fill them up and we sort it! If…
In a cross-department collaborative effort, Salisbury University will be implementing new recycling initiatives starting Spring ’24 semester. Working together SU’s Office of Sustainability, Horticulture-Recycling Program, and Physical Plant-Facilities Services have identified multiple ways the campus community can work together to increase SU’s recycling rate, decrease the amount of waste SU sends to the landfill, and…
Pictured above are accepted recyclable items at SU. SU’s recycling goes to a Material Recovery Facility in Delaware for sorting and processing. You can find a video tour along with other SU Recycling information on our webpage. Please submit any recycling questions to Recycling@salisbury.edu and follow us on Instagram to see what the Recycling Staff…
On December 8th from 7am-2:30pm the Recycling Department will be hosting their Give & Go Donation Drive at the SU Recycling Facility, 105 Power Street. This donation drive is available to all SU employees and off-campus students to participate by donating gently used items and recycling any broken/unwanted/obsolete electronics and appliances. This will be a…
Salisbury University’s Recycling Program has been expanding! New programs are being introduced every semester, some of which are the well-known Give & Go, Food Waste Challenge, and the Zero Waste Starter Kits. The Recycling Department would like to share that the University’s Recycling Policies & Procedures have been updated, which can now be found on…
By SU Public Relations SALISBURY, MD—Salisbury University volunteers flocked to the beach for International Coastal Cleanup Day. The inaugural beach cleanup event, sponsored by SU’s Recycling Department, drew over 100 students, employees and alumni volunteers to Assateague State Park, where they collected more than 115 pounds of trash. For freshman environmental studies major Brynn…