Recycling and Disposal Guide

Are you looking for general campus recycling? Please visit UCSC’s Regulated Waste Management Homepage or Non-Regulated Waste Management Homepage.

UCSC is working hard to reduce the campus waste stream, and the campus community is highly supportive of recycling and waste reduction.

The following webpages contain information only for University generated waste.
Information about Non-University waste generated in the: 

• City of Santa Cruz can be found here.
• County of Santa Cruz can be found here.

Lab Recycling Guide

Regulated Wastes		Non-Regulated (Recyclable)
Aerosol Cans	Laboratory Sharps	More Info
Asbestos Waste	Medicine/Personal Sharps	Bicycle Parts
Batteries	Oil	Styrofoam Info
Biohazardous or Medical Waste	Paint	Kimberly Clark Nitrile Gloves
Cell Phones	Photographic Chemicals
Compressed Gas Cylinders	Radioactive Waste
Electronic Waste	Refrigerators/Appliances/Equipment Disposal
Empty Containers	Regulated Lights
Hazardous Waste	Treated Wood Waste
Inkjet, Laserjet, & Toner Cartridges

If you have further questions or need additional information please contact Environmental Health & Safety at 459-2553 or the Resource Recovery at 459-3671.

If your waste stream was not listed above or you have ideas on how to improve this website please contact Environmental Health & Safety at hazwaste@ucsc.edu.