Recycling Metal, Wood, and Other Objects

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Scrap Metal

If you have scrap metal to be picked up contact FMS and put in a work order to schedule a pick up.

If you have metal you wish to drop off, there is a scrap metal dumpster located behind the Facilities Management Building. All refrigerants or coolants must be removed by FMS prior to recycling for scrap. If you have a large item that needs to be recycled contact Barbara Kviz.

Items we take for scrap include ac units, refrigerators, metal desks, shelves, chairs, building materials, lab equipment, fax machines, printer & copy machines, motors, pumps valves and pipes.

Wood Pallets

If you have items delivered on wood pallets, ask the supplier to please take the pallets back after the delivery has been made. If such an arrangement is not feasible, you can electronically fill out an FMS work order form to have pallets picked up.

Transparencies

Send transparencies through campus mail in envelopes to Recycling Facilities Management Services Second Floor.

If you want to recycle transparencies from home, send them to:

3M
c/o Gemark Corp.
99 Stevens Lane
Exeter, PA 18643

Other Objects

Please consult one of the following campus b-boards if you have items you no longer need or if you are looking for a good deal on something.

• cmu.cs.market
• cmu.cs.market.furniture
• cmu.misc.market
• cmu.misc.market.apartments
• cmu.misc.market.books
• cmu.misc.market.computers
• cmu.misc.market.furniture
• cmu.misc.market.music
• cmu.misc.market.transportation

While many items are not currently recycled by Carnegie Mellon, other organizations exist in and around Pittsburgh that will take many items.

The Allegheny County Health Department has collected information on how and where to recycle most items.

Click here to download a list (PDF) compiled by the Allegheny County Health Department of area recycling sites for all materials you might have.