Our campus contains more than 3,500 single-stream recycling containers that accept nearly all standard recyclables, including paper, cardboard, aluminum, glass, and any numbered plastic. The general locations of campus recycling containers are:
Lobbies of academic and administrative buildings
Entrances to dining halls
Trash chute rooms of residence halls
Campus offices
Stairwell entrances to parking garages
Campus exteriors, near trash cans
Central Recycling Drop Off Location
Towson University has formed a central recycling drop-off location for commuter students, faculty and staff to quickly and easily drop off large quantities of recyclables. Any standard recyclable (such as paper, plastic, aluminum, glass and cardboard) can be recycled in either of the two purple recycling drop off cubes located in the back corner of lot 14 near Unitas Stadium. The cubes are situated next to the dumpsters in what is the back left corner of the lot, closest to Sheppard Pratt. Commuter students, faculty and staff who do not have recycling at their residences are encouraged to bring their recycling to campus and drop it off at this location on their way to class or work. Lot 14 can be located on the interactive campus map.
Unwanted electronics can be recycled in dedicated containers located in the lobby of every campus residence hall. University-owned electronics should be recycled through Materiel Management. Before recycling, remove any batteries in the electronics and recycle them separately in the bins inside the residence hall community centers. For your safety, you should also wipe electronics of any data prior recycling them (OTS will do this for university-owned computers). When the bins are full, they will be picked up by campus housekeeping and stored for pickup by CDM, an alumni-owned e-cycling provider.
Battery Recycling Locations
Used non-vehicular batteries can be recycled in specific battery buckets in the community centers of every campus residence hall, as well as the locations listed below. Small batteries can also be mailed to the office of Environmental Health and Safety via campus mail. Please note that batteries should be discharged and/or placed in plastic bags prior to recycling.
7400 York Road Building, Environmental Health and Safety Office, suite 301
7800 York Road receptionist's desk, suite 216
Administration Building Fourth Floor Kitchen - AD 440
Administration Building Procurement Department, room 410
Burdick Hall Rec Sports service counter
Center for the Arts Resource Room, room 2028
Center for the Arts Theather Arts Department, room 3037
General Services truck well, adjacent to Materiel Management roll-up
General Services copy machine, adjacent to Work Control
Hawkins Hall Ed Tech Center, room 210
Media Center room 007/008
Psychology Building room 200
Smith Hall hallway adjacent to room 581
Smith Hall Physics Electronics Shop, room 417
Smith Hall Biology Stockroom, room 322
Smith Hall second floor vending machine room, room 238
Stephens Hall stairwell, across from room 112
Towson Center Athletic Department Grounds Shop, room 150
Towson Center Kinesiology Department, room 200
University Union Information Desk, second floor
University Union E&CS Tech Support Office, room 394
Van Bokkelen Speech & Language Clinic, room 01
Ward Hall lobby, first floor
Printer Cartridge Recycling Locations
Printer cartridges can be recycled in any of the dedicated RecycALL Plus bins located in the lobbies of all campus residence halls, or any of the octagon-shaped green and white collection boxes at the locations listed below. If there is not a collection box in your area, contact Leslie, the university's Funding Factory Associate, at 888-883-8237 to have a collection box and free return shipping label mailed to you.
7800 York Road Building lower level near Print Services
Administration Building hallway outside of room 108
Center for Fine Arts loading dock area near room 3022ME
College of Liberal Arts first floor
Cook Library loading dock near recycling mondos
Enrollment Services hallway near outside doors facing Osler Drive
General Services building truck well
Newell Dining Hall Dining Services Office
Newell Hall Housing & Residence Life Office
Psychology Building charging station (outside)
Smith Hall second floor
Stephens Hall inside back doors near dumpster area
Towson Center loading dock
University Union second floor information desk
Office of Sustainability
General Services Building, Room 132A (map)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Is your recycling container full? Let us know! Call 410-296-7963 to have a battery recycling container emptied, or 410-704-3396 to have a single stream, electronic or printer cartridge recycling container emptied.