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Administration and Facilities

Campus book recycling

Dates: February 17th, 2025 through February 28th, 2025

Overview of event

The University has set up a program so the community can have books, magazines and textbooks that are no longer need destroyed/recycled. If a Department requires bins to assist with the recycling of these items, they will be able to request from Facilities via a work order a Bin to be Deployed to their location from February 17th to February 28th. Facilities will pick up the Bins from the Departments on either March 3rd or March 4th. There are 40 bins that will be deployed on a first come first serve basis.

The process for obtaining book Recycling Bins is as follows:

  • Campus Departments have to submit a Work Order to Facilities to get a book recycling bin by Tuesday February 11th. There are 40 bins available for deployment on a first come first serve basis.
  • Facilities deploys bins to departments on Thursday February 13th and Friday the 14th.
  • Departments have until the end of the day Friday February 28th to fill bins.
  • Facilities picks up bins from departments on either Monday March 3rd or Tuesday the 4th.

Additional information can be found at Administration and Facilities .

Questions point of contact

Michael LaGrassa
Associate Vice Chancellor of Administrative Operations and Compliance
mlagrassa@umassd.edu
508-999-9180

Frequently asked questions

No this is open to the entire campus community.

Submit a work order to facilities for a tote no later than the end of the day Tuesday February 11th. There are 40 book bins available to the community on a first come first serve basis.

Monday February 17th through Friday February 28th.

No, departments that have received bins through a facility work order have until Friday 2/28 to fill the bins. Facilities will pick up the bins starting on Monday March 3rd and end on Tuesday March 4th.

Can be shredded: Paper back books, hard bound textbooks, magazines and paper.

Cannot be shredded: x-rays, any media items, large paper clamps or larger spiral notebooks, 3 ring binders. Anything with thicker metal on them.  

No, Three-ring binders cannot be recycled or shredded as part of this program.  

No, there will be no actual shredding of books on campus. All materials that are to be recycled must go into a bin that has been deployed via a workorder from Facility Operations.

No confidential documents should be included for this event. This is only for books, textbooks and magazines.

Please see link to Commonwealths Records Retention Schedule Quick Guide.
Massachusetts Statewide Records Retention Schedule


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