Recycling Mission & Goals
The primary mission of the Physical Plant Recycling Program is the
institutionalization of a coordinated, self-supporting, campus-wide paper recycling program.
Establishment of this program will satisfy the mandates of the Oklahoma State Paper
Recycling Act which sets forth the policy that all State institutions should
implement a paper recycling program to recycle paper "to the greatest extent feasible."
Program Goals
Establish a campus-wide recycling program- Comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma State Paper Recycling Act
- Recycle as much paper as is feasible
- Maximize return from the sale of recyclable paper
- Maximize savings on waste disposal charges
- Conserve landfill capacity and natural resources
Establish a recycled paper products procurement program
- Purchase and use as much recycled paper as is feasible
- Increase the demand for recycled paper products
- Conserve limited landfill capacity and natural resources
Establish an educational program designed to increase pollution prevention awareness within an beyond the university community
- Familiarize the university community with the provisions of the Paper Recycling Program
- Increase awareness of the importance and methods of pollution prevention
- Foster an environmental ethic and a sense of environmental responsibility
- Transmit knowledge gained from this program to the citizens of Oklahoma via extension
- Establish Oklahoma State University as a leader in the institutionalization of environmentally conscious programs
Establish a paper reuse, waste paper minimization and source reduction program
- Reduce, as much as possible, the quantity of virgin paper used and paper waste generated by maximizing efficient paper use and reuse
- Maximize savings on waste disposal charges
- Conserve landfill capacity and natural resources
Expand the paper management program to other solid waste streams
- Adapt the recycling, reuse, reclamation, waste minimization, source reduction, and procurement programs developed for paper management to as many other solid wastes as possible
- Conserve landfill capacity, natural resources and energy
- Increase the demand for recycled products
- Reduce, as much as possible, the amount of solid waste generated
- Reuse as much solid waste as possible before discarding
- Maximize savings on waste disposal charges and new purchase costs
- Foster an environmental ethic among faculty, staff and students
Establish a materials substitution and alternative use program
- Replace the acquisition and use of hazardousmaterial with environmentally safe materials, as much as possible
- To the extent that satisfactory substitutes cannot be found, minimize the quantitiespurchased and used
- Reduce the quantity discarded by seeking alternate uses before discarding
