{"id":2483,"date":"2017-01-30T16:11:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=2483"},"modified":"2022-02-16T13:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:03:10","slug":"process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/recycling\/process\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Recycling-1\"<\/p>\n

What happens to the recyclable material once it leaves Marshall\u2019s campus?<\/strong>
\nMarshall University\u2019s Recycling Program picks up recycling from numerous locations all over the Huntington campus. When the recycling is picked up, it is taken to a recycle only compactor located between Harris Hall and the Science Building.\u00a0Each resident hall and building has a designated recycle drop off spot; it is collected by student employees and taken here. When the compactor reaches capacity, approximately 10 tons, it is hauled to a recycle processing plant.<\/p>\n

 
\nWhere does the recyclable material go when it leaves Marshall\u2019s Huntington campus?<\/strong>
\nWhen the recycling leaves Marshall\u2019s campus, it is taken to a Rumpke processing plant in Portsmouth, OH. The material is presorted. Cardboard is sorted, baled, and shipped to Temple Inland in Maysville, KY. Trash is pulled and sent to the Wellston, OH landfill. Fiber products, aluminum, plastic, and steel are baled together and sent to the Columbus, OH single-stream processing plant.<\/p>\n

 
\nWhere does the material go when it leaves the Rumpke\u2019s Portsmouth, OH processing plant?<\/strong>
\nCardboard:<\/em>
\nTemple-Inland located in Maysville, KY<\/a>
\nCardboard is used to manufacture corrugated packaging.<\/p>\n

Fiber products, aluminum, plastic, and steel:<\/em>
\nRumpke Recycling located in Columbus, OH<\/a>
\nThe Columbus, OH single-stream processing plant uses both machinery and people to sort material as it goes down the conveyor belt. Sorting takes place to minimize trash mixed in with the recyclable material. The plastic bottles are sorted into plastic #1: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), plastic #2: High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), and plastics #3 through #7. You can check out EPA.gov<\/a> for a comprehensive list of plastics #3 through #7, their composition, and resulting manufactured product. The aluminum and steel are then separated. A video of the single-stream recycling process can be found at the Rumpke Recycling website listed above.<\/p>\n

Trash<\/em>
\nRumpke located in Wellston, OH<\/a>
\nThe trash is put in the Beech Hollow landfill.<\/p>\n

 
\nWhere does the recyclable material go when it leaves Rumpke\u2019s Columbus processing plant?<\/strong>
\nAluminum<\/em>
\nAnheuser Busch located in Louisville, KY<\/a>
\nAluminum is used to manufacture cans. According to Anheuser Busch\u2019s website, they \u201crecycled 99.4% of the solid waste generated in the brewing and packaging of their beers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fiber<\/em>
\nNewark Recycled Fibers located in Franklin, OH<\/a>
\nFiber is used to manufacture paperboard. For example, cereal and shoe boxes are made from paperboard.<\/p>\n

HDPE<\/em>
\nHaviland Drainage Products located in Haviland, OH<\/a>
\nPlastic #2 is used to manufacture drainage products including sewer and drain pipes and corrugate tubing.<\/p>\n

PET<\/em>
\nSignode located in Florence, KY<\/a>
\nPlastic #1 is used to manufacture plastic strapping.<\/p>\n

Steel<\/em>
\nI. H. Schlezinger, Inc. located in Columbus, OH<\/a>
\nSteel is sold to Schlezinger\u2019s. They sort and sell the steel to back into the steel industry.<\/p>\n

 
\nWhy can\u2019t we recycle glass?<\/strong>
\nGlass is a recyclable material. However, due to the small size of the Portsmouth, OH sorting plant, glass becomes a liability. The space is too small to properly move and sort the glass. The employee\u2019s safety becomes an issue. However, the Sustainability Department is in the process of getting a glass crusher to allow for the recycling of glass. <\/p>\n

 
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