A wide variety of special items such as batteries, shoes, writing utensils, and eyeglasses are collected at sites across campus. Search the lists below for drop-off locations. The lists are organized by School/Center and by Item. We also have drop-off locations marked on our campus map [1]. If you know of a collection spot on campus that is not featured in the list below or on the map, please reach out and let us know [2] so that we can add it!

For questions about materials or drop-off locations not listed here, please contact your School or Center's Sustainability Coordinator [3]. For items not collected anywhere on campus, check out earth911 [4].

Organized by School/Center

College Houses

Battery and light bulb recycling can be found in the following College Houses:

• Du Bois
• Gregory
• Harnwell
• Harrison
• Kings Court English
• Lauder
• New College House West
• The Quad
• Rodin
• Stouffer

Division of public safety

• Prescription Drugs [5]: 4040 Chestnut Street, Lobby

Facilities and Real Estate Services

• Batteries: Rear Kitchen
• Electronic Waste: Rear Kitchen
• Eyeglasses: Rear Kitchen
• Light Bulbs: Rear Kitchen
• Shoes: Rear Kitchen
• Writing Utensils: Rear Kitchen

Information Systems & Computing (ISC)

• Shoes: 3401 Walnut Street, Suites 265B and 337A

Penn Dental Medicine

• Batteries: Levy Lobby, Schattner Lobby
• Eyeglasses: Levy Lobby
• Writing Utensils: Levy 244

Penn Engineering

• Batteries
  • Levine: 168, 403, 459, 502
  • LRSM 200
  • Moore 203
  • Singh 220
  • Skirkanich 240
  • Towne: B13, 226A, 311A
• Books: Levine Recycling Room (L166C)
• Electronic Waste: Levine Recycling Room (L166C)
• Light Bulbs: Levine Recycling Room (L166C)
• Styrofoam (clean): Levine Recycling Room (L166C)
• Writing Utensils: Levine Recycling Room (L166C)

Penn Law

• Batteries: Golkin Hall, Room 102
• Eyeglasses: Tanenbaum Hall, Staff Lounge

Perelman School of Medicine

• Batteries
  • Clinical Research Building (CRB), 1st Floor Break Room (Room 102)
  • Anatomy/Chemistry (Anat/Chem), Room 217
• Eyeglasses: CRB 102 and Anat/Chem 217
• Light Bulbs: CRB 102 and Anat/Chem 217
• Writing Utensils: CRB 102 and Anat/Chem 217
• Shoes: Anat/Chem 217
• Toner: Anat/Chem 217

School of Arts and Sciences

• Batteries: Contact Sara King [6] for specific information on collection locations.
• Electronic Waste: Contact Sara King [6] for specific information on collection locations.

School of Nursing

• Batteries: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule
• Electronic Waste: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule
• Eyeglasses: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule
• Scrubs (gently used): Fagin Hall, Suite M-18
• Shoes: Fagin Hall, 1P Elevator Lobby
• Textbooks: Fagin Hall, Suite M-18
• Writing Utensils: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule

School of Social Policy and Practice

• Batteries: Caster, 1st Floor
• Electronic Waste: Caster B28
• Light Bulbs: Caster, 1st Floor
• Printer Toner: Caster, 1st Floor & 3815 Walnut St., 1st Floor Break Room

Wharton

• Batteries
  • Huntsman Hall: Wharton Operations (Suite F30)
  • Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall: Guard Desk at Locust Walk Entry
  • Vance Hall: Guard Desk at Main Entrance
• Electronic Waste: Vance Hall, 2nd Floor through Wharton Computing (WCIT) 
• Writing Utensils
  • Huntsman Hall: Wharton Operations (Suite F30)
  • Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall: Guard Desk at Locust Walk Entry
  • Vance Hall: Guard Desk at Main Entrance

Organized by Item

Batteries (please place tape over positive and negative charges)

• College Houses: Du Bois, Gregory, Harnwell, Harrison, Kings Court English, Lauder, New College House West, The Quad, Rodin, Stouffer
• Facilities and Real Estate Services: Rear Kitchen
• Penn Dental Medicine: Levy Lobby, Schattner Lobby
• Penn Engineering
  • Levine: 168, 403, 459, 502
  • LRSM 200
  • Moore 203
  • Singh 220
  • Skirkanich 240
  • Towne: B13, 226A, 311A
• Penn Law: Golkin Hall, Room 102
• Perelman School of Medicine
  • Clinical Research Building, 1st Floor Break Room (Room 102)
  • Anatomy/Chemistry, Room 217
• School of Arts and Sciences: Contact Sara King [6] for specific information on collection locations.
• School of Nursing: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule
• School of Social Policy and Practice: Caster, 1st Floor
• Wharton
  • Huntsman Hall: Wharton Operations (Suite F30)
  • Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall: Guard Desk at Locust Walk Entry
  • Vance Hall: Guard Desk at Main Entrance

Books

• Penn Engineering: Levine Recycling Room (L166C)
• Penn Nursing: Fagin Hall, Suite M-18 (textbooks)

Electronic Waste

• Facilities and Real Estate Services: Rear Kitchen
• Penn Engineering: Levine Recycling Room (L166C)
• School of Arts and Sciences: Contact Sara King [6] for specific information on collection locations.
• School of Nursing: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule
• School of Social Policy and Practice: Caster B28
• Wharton: Vance Hall, 2nd Floor through Wharton Computing (WCIT) 

Eyeglasses

• Facilities and Real Estate Services: Rear Kitchen
• Penn Dental Medicine: Levy Lobby
• Penn Law: Tanenbaum Hall, Staff Lounge
• Perelman School of Medicine
  • Clinical Research Building, 1st Floor Break Room (Room 102)
  • Anatomy/Chemistry, Room 217
• School of Nursing: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule

Light Bulbs

• College Houses: Du Bois, Gregory, Harnwell, Harrison, Kings Court English, Lauder, New College House West, The Quad, Rodin, Stouffer
• Facilities and Real Estate Services: Rear Kitchen
• Penn Engineering: Levine Recycling Room (L166C)
• Perelman School of Medicine
  • Clinical Research Building, 1st Floor Break Room (Room 102)
  • Anatomy/Chemistry, Room 217
• School of Social Policy and Practice: Caster, 1st Floor

prescription drugs

• Division of Public Safety [5]: 4040 Chestnut Street, Lobby

Printer Toner

• School of Social Policy and Practice: Caster, 1st Floor & 3815 Walnut St., 1st Floor Break Room
• Perelman School of Medicine: Anatomy/Chemistry, Room 217

Scrubs (gently used)

• School of Nursing: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule

Shoes

• Facilities and Real Estate Services: Rear Kitchen
• Information Systems & Computing (ISC): 3401 Walnut Street, Suites 265B and 337A
• Perelman School of Medicine: Anatomy/Chemistry, Room 217
• School of Nursing: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule

Styrofoam

• Penn Engineering: Levine Recycling Room (L166C)

Writing Utensils

• Facilities and Real Estate Services: Rear Kitchen
• Penn Dental Medicine: Levy 244
• Penn Engineering: Levine Recycling Room (L166C)
• Perelman School of Medicine
  • Clinical Research Building, 1st Floor Break Room (Room 102)
  • Anatomy/Chemistry, Room 217
• School of Nursing: Fagin Hall, Main Entrance Vestibule
• Wharton
  • Huntsman Hall: Wharton Operations (Suite F30)
  • Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall: Guard Desk at Locust Walk Entry
  • Vance Hall: Guard Desk at Main Entrance

Campus Map

Click on the photo below to download a PDF of the special recycling and reuse collections on campus [1].

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