University of Nevada Las Vegas
OP-20: Electronic Waste Recycling Program

The departments of Delivery Services and Risk Management & Safety (RMS) work together to ensure that the university adheres to the strictest policies of recycling which maximize worker safety and environmental standards.

Delivery Services is a campus wide institutional support department that circumvents the need for multi-department personnel training in the policies and procedures of receiving merchandise from vendors, third party manufactures, freight agencies, etc. Personnel are trained to properly handle hazardous materials, etc, thus insuring the assets of the university while negating unnecessary liabilities. Central Receiving, which is a part of the Department of Delivery Services, receives all E-waste from the various departments throughout the university. The waste is then carefully evaluated to determine the proper strategy to divert it from the general waste stream. Hazardous material, including lasers, radiological, pathogenic, etc, are disposed of responsibly by Risk Management & Safety. Nonhazardous material, including all electronics (televisions, computers, refrigerators, monitors, etc), is then prepped for reuse. In general, Receiving follows the following program: 1. Prep the material. 2. Make it available to the general public via UNLV's auction website. 3. Make it available to the general public to see and bid on in person on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. If unable to find an end user in this way, UNLV then stockpiles, palletizes and sends the material to either: 1. TNT auction (quarterly) for sale. OR 2. The Blind Center of Nevada to be donated or recycled.