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Options for Recycling Ink Cartridges and Cell Phones
on
Vanderbilt University Central Campus
Why should I recycle my used ink cartridges and cell phones?
Cell phones and ink and toner cartridges for your printer, fax, or copier contain chemicals that could be hazardous to the environment if landfilled and left to leak into the soil and groundwater. Additionally, the materials used for the casings (plastic, metals) do not readily biodegrade. Thus, it is preferable to recycle these materials to keep them out of landfills.
What are my options for recycling these materials?
Here at Vanderbilt, we have two options to help you recycle these items:
Support Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
Guy Brown will recycle laser toner and ink jet cartridges from Vanderbilt and donate a portion of the proceeds to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital!
How do I do it?
Call Guy Brown at 615.777.1500 or email customercare@guybrown.com to get free larger boxes for laser toners and a smaller box for ink jets (it’s OK to put ink jets in the larger box if you have both.) These boxes will be delivered to you free of charge and have pre-paid, pre-addressed labels on them. The labels are coded to say that they came from VU so they know to give the proceeds to the Monroe Carell Jr. Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital.
How do I send the ink cartridges back?
When your UPS driver comes with a delivery, send the box back with the driver. There is no charge if they are already at your site.
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Call UPS (1-800-PICK-UPS). The shipping is free with your pre-paid label, but they will charge you a surcharge for coming out to get the package.
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Your Guy Brown driver can take the box back with him/her when they are on their regular delivery route to you. There is no charge for this.
When you run out of boxes, just call for more!
What about the clear envelopes?
You may have seen clear plastic pre-addressed envelopes around campus that are for ink cartridges and cell phones. While this Guy Brown envelope system is being phased out in favor of the boxes, Guy Brown will still accept any remaining envelopes.
What about cell phones?
Cell phones can go in with any of the boxes or envelopes to be recycled.
Click here for a downloadable flyer about the toner/VCH program.
Another option for recycling ink cartridges and cell phones: Support the Susan Gray School on the Peabody Campus
This on-campus preschool includes typically developing children in educational settings with children with disabilities and is a research center for Peabody College. To drop off your cartridges, phones and PDA's to support them, go to the main entrance of the Kennedy Center off Magnolia Circle. Ride the elevators down to the bottom floor. The drop-off site is to the right just as you exit the elevator doors.
Click here for more information about the Susan Gray School.
Click here for a downloadable flyer about the toner/Susan Gray School Program.
