American University
OP-20: Electronic Waste Recycling Program

Students, faculty, and staff can discard old electronics equipment for reuse and/or recycling by e-mailing AUSurplus@american.edu. Both personal and University-owned electronics are accepted from any student, faculty, or staff member. Cell phone collection bins are also located in common areas around campus to facilitate the easy recycling of this common electronic waste. For AU-owned electronics, the equipment brand name, model number, serial number, and AU inventory bar code number is provided so the Department of Procurement and Contracts and OIT can update the University’s inventory. The OIT Asset Management team will pick up computers and decide whether to reuse or recycle the equipment. Data is wiped from hard drives and then it is either redeployed or sent to our contractor, 2nd Solutions, for recycling. Accepted electronics items include: Audio‐Visual Equipment, Bar Coding Equipment, Calculators, Cameras, CD ROM Drives, Cell Phones (including batteries, battery chargers and wall chargers), Circuit Boards, Communications Systems, Computer equipment, Connectors, CRTs, Fax Machines, Hard/Floppy Drives, Laptops (including batteries, battery chargers and wall chargers), Mainframes/Servers, memory, Microfiche Readers, Modems, Monitors, Motherboards, Network/Video/Sound Cards, PDAs (including batteries, battery chargers and wall chargers), Plotters/Copiers Power Supplies, Printers, Scrap Computer Metal, Scrap, Computer Plastic, Scrap Copper, Tape Drives, Televisions, and Test Equipment. Equipment that the University does not reuse internally is collected by 2nd Solutions, a company American University has contracted with who specializes in electronics waste management. 2nd Solutions attempts to reuse equipment as a first priority, and recycle as a last resort.

Students, faculty, and staff can discard old electronics equipment for reuse and/or recycling by e-mailing AUSurplus@american.edu. Both personal and University-owned electronics are accepted from any student, faculty, or staff member. Cell phone collection bins are also located in common areas around campus to facilitate the easy recycling of this common electronic waste.

Students, faculty, and staff can discard old electronics equipment for reuse and/or recycling by e-mailing AUSurplus@american.edu. Both personal and University-owned electronics are accepted from any student, faculty, or staff member. Cell phone collection bins are also located in common areas around campus to facilitate the easy recycling of this common electronic waste. AU also holds personal e-waste drives several times a year and invites students, faculty, and staff to responsibly dispose of e-waste on campus.