Initiatives

• Reuse
• Take to the City Recycle Center

• ACU no longer distributes Staples Office Catalogs. Staples has online catalogs available to customers.

• ACU stocks white copy paper, pastels, and bright colored paper made from 30% recycled products.

• ACU stocks plates and bowls made from recycled products.
• Other paper goods and dispensers are either made from recycled products or are manufactured in plants that are heavy in green initiatives.

• ACU purchases hand soap that is Eco friendly.
• ACU purchased dispensers are made from recycled products.

• The ACU Purchasing/Warehouse purchased a new forklift that uses propane.

• Engages heavily in efforts for an Eco friendly environment.

• Purchasing gathers all empty cartridges and sends them back to a local vendor for recycling

• Purchasing picks up already shredded paper and delivers it to the City Recycle Center or Disability Resources for packing material.
• Purchasing picks up paper to be shredded, shreds the paper and then delivers it to the City Recycle Center or Disability Resources for packing material.

• The Bulb Eater crushes fluorescent lamps and filters mercury for proper disposal.  The proper disposal of lamps and mercury will greatly reduce the mercury dilemma and create a much safer environment. ACU purchases ECO friendly fluorescent lamps that are approved to be disposed of in the landfill, but they still contain a small percentage of mercury.

• University Purchasing/Warehouse will pick up all used batteries across campus for proper disposal.  Example of batteries: D, C, AA, AAA, 9 volt, etc.