Find out what to do
- How to recycle everyday items, computers, and even plastic bags
- Our policies related to reusing items through FreeUse (campus free store)
- What to do with furniture and cell phones and other misc. materials.
- Got food scraps? Bard composts!
- Bard has to prove materials are not hazardous before they go to the landfill or down the drain
- How to recycle if you live off campus
- What to do if you have a special event
The Flow of Materials
Environmental Services staff members empty the inside bins and move items curbside. Next, two members of the B&G staff take the bags to our Recycle Yard where work-study students help sort bags into our roll-off containers. From there, Royal Carting takes cardboard and containers to
Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency. Trash is transferred to Columbia County, then trucked 250 miles to
Ontario County Landfill. Metal gets recycled at
Millens, and paper goes to
Green Fiber, where it is made into cellulose insulation.
Recycling
Bard recycles all types of paper; glass, metal, and plastic containers; electronics; and more. Click below for instructions and downloads.
Reuse
Bard has a FreeUse store where we stock gently used clothing, dishes, and office supplies generated from other places on campus, and open when classes are in session.
Compost
In the residence halls, the student team of Compost Commandos carries out the residence hall collection program each week during the regular academic year.
Hazmats
State and federal regulations are in place to help us improve our handling of hazardous materials. Bard is responsible for waste materials after they leave our campus.
