SVSU Faculty have been recycling there office paper since 1996.
In 2004 SVSU started a recycling program in the freshman dorms and has since extended throughout all on-campus housing facilities. Download list of recyclable materials » (92kB)
In 2009 Campus facilities purchased about forty sets of recycle bins and placed them at strategic locations around campus for Paper, Plastic or Trash. A list of the number of bins on each floor of the academic buildings is below.
| Building | Floor | # of bins |
|---|---|---|
| Arbury Fine Arts | 1st | 1 |
| 2nd | 1 | |
| Brown Hall | 1st | 2 |
| 2nd | 2 | |
| Pioneer Hall | 1st | 1 |
| 2nd | 1 | |
| Regional Education | 1st | 2 |
| 2nd | 3 | |
| Science East | 1st | 2 |
| 2nd | 3 | |
| Science West | 1st | 1 |
| 2nd | 2 | |
|
West Complex* |
1st | 4 |
| 2nd | 3 | |
| Wickes Hall | 1st | 2 |
| 2nd | 0 | |
| Walkway between Science and Brown | 1st | 1 |
| 2nd | 4 | |
| Walkway from Doan to the Bookstore | 1st | 3 |
* Includes Groening Commons, the Theater and Curtis Hall
