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Special Recycling and Reuse Collections

Recycling Collection Locations

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
  • 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, 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, 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
Downloads: 
PDF icon Special Recycling Collections Map.pdf [7]

Source URL: https://sustainability.upenn.edu/staff-and-faculty-eco-reps/special-recycling-and-reuse-collections

Links
[1] https://sustainability.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/Special%20Recycling%20Collections%20Map.pdf
[2] mailto:sustainability@upenn.edu
[3] https://sustainability.upenn.edu/partners/schools-and-centers
[4] http://www.how2recycle.info/
[5] https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/prescription-drug-take-back-box-installed-in-public-safetys-hq/
[6] mailto:saraek@sas.upenn.edu
[7] https://sustainability.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/Special%20Recycling%20Collections%20Map_0.pdf