{"id":2722,"date":"2012-11-08T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/blog\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2012-11-08T08:00:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T15:00:08","slug":"america-recycles-day-osu-special-recycling-collection-event-nov-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2012\/11\/08\/america-recycles-day-osu-special-recycling-collection-event-nov-15\/","title":{"rendered":"America Recycles Day @ OSU: Special Recycling Collection Event Nov. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate <a title=\"America Recycles Day website\" href=\"http:\/\/americarecyclesday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">America Recycles Day<\/a>, OSU wants to help you recycle your hard-to-recycle items! Our special recycling collection event will be held on <strong>Thursday, November 15 at 12:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM in the Memorial Union Brick Mall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>What is Accepted:<\/h3>\n<p>Bring any of the following items to this event for FREE recycling:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Styrofoam<\/strong> &#8211; rigid blocks, bendable blocks, wraps\/sheets. (NO: food packaging (cups, plates, trays, egg cartons), expanding foam (insulation, sealant))<\/li>\n<li><strong>Packing peanuts<\/strong> &#8211; plastic or biodegradable<\/li>\n<li><strong>Film plastics<\/strong> &#8211; clean bags, wrap, etc. (NO: mylar (shiny silver), food contamination)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Electronics<\/strong> &#8211; anything with a power cord or batteries (e.g. computers, TVs, cell phones, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Electronic media<\/strong> &#8211; CDs, DVDs, and their plastic cases only<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ink and toner cartridges<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Household batteries<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scrap metal<\/strong> &#8211; pure metal items that do not exceed 3\u2019x3\u2019x3\u2019 in size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2499\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2499 \" title=\"A community member drops off items for recycling at last year's special collection event.\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/businessservices\/files\/2012\/11\/P1030631-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A community member drops off items for recycling at last year&#039;s special collection event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Event Details:<\/h3>\n<p>Both departmental and personal items will be accepted. Volunteers will be present to help you sort and answer your questions about recycling both at the event and year-round.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/recycle.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/nov15-poster-color.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Thumbnail image of poster\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/businessservices\/files\/2012\/11\/Nov15-poster-color.jpg\" alt=\"Click to download the event poster.\" width=\"175\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to download the event poster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether or not you have items to recycle, drop by to write a message in a bottle, add it to our <a title=\"Plastic Bottle Igloo Photo Album\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10151768499550523.863806.397920170522&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\">bottle igloo<\/a>, and you will win a reusable water bottle!<\/p>\n<p>We will be located in the south end of the MU Brick Mall, near the MU Bookstore, on Thursday, November 15 at 12:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM. If you have large items to haul via a vehicle, you can access the area heading west on Jefferson and turning right into the MU Parking Lot. Our volunteers will help you unload your items.<\/p>\n<p>RSVP on <a title=\"Facebook event\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/511630565521705\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a title=\"Download the color poster\" href=\"http:\/\/recycle.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/nov15-poster-color.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">color poster (PDF)<\/a> or <a title=\"Download the black and white poster\" href=\"http:\/\/recycle.oregonstate.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/nov15-poster-bw.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">black and white poster (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>For More Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Check out the results from our <a title=\"America Recycles Day 2011 Results\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/businessservices\/2011\/11\/16\/recycling-america-recycles-day-event-collects-1-5-tons-and-30-yards-of-recycling\/\" target=\"_blank\">special collection event last year<\/a> and view our <a title=\"America Recycles Day 2011 Video\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/xy3_m6R4CRc\" target=\"_blank\">America Recycles Day video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about this event can be left below or referred to Andrea Norris via <a title=\"Email Andrea Norris\" href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/tools\/mailform?to=andrea.norris@oregonstate.edu&amp;recipient=Andrea+Norris\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> or 541-737-5398.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate America Recycles Day, OSU wants to help you recycle your hard-to-recycle items! Our special recycling collection event will be held on Thursday, November 15 at 12:00 &#8211; 4:00 PM in the Memorial Union Brick Mall. What is Accepted: Bring any of the following items to this event for FREE recycling: Styrofoam &#8211; rigid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6572,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1292115,1292119],"tags":[747,608247],"class_list":["post-2722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-recycling","category-waste-reduction","tag-event","tag-waste-reduction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}