Unused feedstock, failed prints, end-of-life parts, support structures, or any other abandoned parts.Īll collected wastes will be solely used for research purposes at SIGMA lab and UTA Fab Lab.
(Please check the recycling bins’ labels and make sure you put the correct materials into their designated bins) Thermoplastic materials such as ABS, PLA, Nylon, etc.UTA faculties, staffs and students are welcome to donate their 3D printing wastes to designated recycling bins located at UTA Fab Lab (first floor of UTA library) and SIGMA Lab (ERB 188).Īcceptable wastes include, but are not limited to: This aim of this program is to enhance the environmental sustainability of 3D printing through highly-quality recycle/reuse of wastes that are in various forms and shapes. Yang is an Assistant Professor at Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, and the director of the Sustainable and Intelligent Manufacturing (SIGMA) Laboratory. Yi Hong from Bioengineering Department and UTA Fab Lab. This university-wide 3D printing waste recycling program was initiated by Dr. Please contact for information or special pick up.
All electronic peripherals- Printers, Hard Drives (personal, not UT Arlington property), Floppy’s CD Rom’s DVD Drives, Printed Circuit Boards, Power Supplies, Zip Drivers, Jazz Drives, Smart cards, cable, wiring, IC’s – Integrated Circuits, Memory, Resistors, Capacitors.Printer I toner cartridges (for inkjet and laser printers).Alkaline batteries, lead acid batteries, NiM batteries and lithium batteries.Consumer home electronics (Stereo’s DVDNHS players, tuners, TV’s, etc.}.Sound and lighting equipment, including amplifiers, speakers, dimmers, control boards and interfaces and standard cabling related to.Palm pilots (PDA’d) (batteries removed).Computer Equipment (Monitors, CRT’s, PC’s laptops, etc.).Besides adding harmful elements to the environment, improper disposal of e-waste is a recycling opportunity lost. We offer an E waste recycling program to the faculty, staff and students at UT Arlington to recycle the following items
These materials might be trace elements, but when added up in volume, the threat to the environment is significant. Most electronics that are improperly thrown away contain some form of harmful materials such as beryllium, cadmium, mercury and lead.
The EPA estimates as much as 60 million metric tons enter landfills every year. In the US alone, more than 100 million computers are thrown away with less than 20% being recycled properly. Obsolete electronic devices are rapidly filling the landfills of the globe. Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a term for electronic products that have become unwanted, non-working or obsolete, and have essentially reached the end of their useful life. The use of electronic products has grown substantially in recent years, changing the ways in which we communicate, access information and entertain ourselves. Two are located in the University Center, while the others are in the Central Library, Maverick Activities Center, Davis Hall and Nedderman Hall E-Waste Recycling There are boxes on campus where items can be dropped off. The University adopted a Recycling Policy in 2011 to provide campus-wide recycling guidelines. Our recycling program has received several awards from the National Wildlife Federation and the Tarrant County Corporate Recycling Council. The recycling program, supported by the Office of Facilities Management, accommodates paper, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, printer cartridges, ink jet cartridges, scrap metal, oil, oil filters, photo fixer, fluorescent lamps, ballasts, batteries, alkaline batteries, and technotrash (CDs, DVDs, audio tapes, video tapes, and diskettes). Office of Sustainability collaborates with academic and administrative departments to find ways to increase recycling. Please call the work order number 81 or use this link to submit a request for recycle can? We have also removed individual wastebaskets from employee office spaces and replaced them with departmental waste baskets in order to discourage waste and increase recycling. We maintain 22 recycling locations across the campus. A large campus (420 acres) with growing population of over 60,000 students with diverse activities requires enough bins in the right places to capture as much recyclable material as possible.