Keene State College
OP-20: Electronic Waste Recycling Program

KSC contracts with a recycling firm, LifeSpan Technology Recycling, based in Newton, MA, with facilities in multiple locations in the United States. They are R2/RIOS Certified Electronics Recycler and are ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Standard - compliant. All of those certifications include standards for responsible recycling, worker EHS and environmental standards. We are also working with a local remanufacturer of electronic equipment. We have toured their facility. We also resell some of our monitors, mice and keyboards through our surplus program. Our technology detritus (CD's, Videos, floppy discs, microfiche, etc. are recycled through Green Disk. Cell phones are recycled through the police department in a local violence prevention program.

The Information Technology Group maintains an e-waste recycling program for all surplus workstations and printers resulting from upgrade cycles. http://www.keene.edu/it/helpdesk/wkstnupgrades/wrkstnupgrades.cfm Broken or still usable laptops and hard drive materials are palletized for pick up by LifeSpan Technology Recycling as are broken mice, keyboards and monitors. Good monitors, keyboards and mice that have been replaced might also get sold through our surplus program. Some random electronic equipment "appear" in hallways, at recycling stations and in our recycling area. Those materials are brought to the local municipal recycling facilities electronic recycling program.

Students are encouraged to place a Maintenance Request Order (MRO) for any broken electronic equipment - computers, video screens etc. The recycling program will pick up all materials and recycle them through the local Municipal Recycling Facility electronic recycling program. We also put out collection containers in the Library for technology detritus - CD's, Videos, floppy discs, etc. - which are recycled through Green Disk. Cell phones are reused through the police departments in a in a local violence prevention program.