Packing Peanuts
Recycling & Solid Waste has a reuse program for Styrofoam and all other types of packing peanuts.
Small Volumes of Packing Peanuts
Offices and labs that generate small volumes of packing peanuts should collect them in clear bags, with no contamination. Close full bags securely with tape and label them with your department name and box number.
For staff within Health Sciences, bring your full bags to one of the following locations:
- AA-wing loading dock (by the recycling containers)
- K-wing loading dock (by the recycling containers)
- G-wing loading dock (in the small room through the double doors at the back of the dock)
For staff at other campus buildings, place the bags at your building’s loading dock and then send an email to Recycling & Solid Waste.
Large Volumes of Packing Peanuts
Offices and labs that generate large volumes of packing peanuts can contact Recycling & Solid Waste to establish a collection system, which is a PVC pipe frame on which a packing peanut bag hangs. If you have a collection system in place, use the Packing Peanut Bags Request Form to request additional bags. When bags are full, close them securely with tape.
For staff within Health Sciences, bring your full bags to one of the following locations:
- AA-wing loading dock (by the recycling containers)
- K-wing loading dock (by the recycling containers)
- G-wing loading dock (in the small room through the double doors at the back of the dock)
For staff at other campus buildings, place the bags at your building’s loading dock and then send an email to Recycling & Solid Waste.
Note: For information about recycling Styrofoam/polystyrene blocks and boxes, click here.