Initiatives
Cardboard Boxes
- Reuse
- Take to the City Recycle Center
Staples Catalogs
- ACU no longer distributes Staples Office Catalogs. Staples has online catalogs available to customers.
Recycled Paper
- ACU stocks white copy paper, pastels, and bright colored paper made from 30% recycled products.
Paper Goods
(Plates, Bowls, Toilet Tissue, Hand Towels)
- 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.
Hand Soap and Dispenser
- ACU purchases hand soap that is Eco friendly.
- ACU purchased dispensers are made from recycled products.
Forklift
- The ACU Purchasing/Warehouse purchased a new forklift that uses propane.
Enterprise
- Engages heavily in efforts for an Eco friendly environment.
Toner Cartridges
- Purchasing gathers all empty cartridges and sends them back to a local vendor for recycling
Shredding
- 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.
Bulb Eater
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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.
Battery Disposal-
University Purchasing/Warehouse
will pick up all used batteries across campus for proper disposal. Example of batteries: D, C, AA, AAA, 9 volt,
etc.
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