UNCW Recycling

Happy National Recycling Day, Seahawks! Support our environment and recycle today (and every day!)

Recycle at your campus event! We will provide you with optimal bins and placement catered to your event needs. Schedule event services by going to our website (link in bio) and clicking “request service”; there you can fill out a form, select “event management”, and provide details about your event's logistics.

Happy Halloween Seahawks! Don't let your waste haunt our planet. Remember to recycle this weekend!

Happy fall break Seahawks! The recycling depot will remain open every day this week for community use from 7 am to 6 pm. The warehouse will be open for normal hours of operation as well from 8 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday, with electronic drop-offs accepted during these times.

Thank you Seahawks Serve for hosting the Volunteer Fair! If you want to volunteer with recycling, sign up for a volunteer shift on the GivePulse website. Our next event is Monday September 15, 1-3pm. Learn how to process cardboard, sort recyclables, and remove contamination with UNCW Recycling

Involvement Carnival Fall 2025

Great seeing all you Seahawks back again. Don't forget to recycle and keep UNCW sustainable!

Request a purge container today! Request purge services from our website to assist with excess paper from retirements, office moves, and document clear-outs.

Congratulations to Samantha in the Leonard Student Recreation Center for guessing the weight of our cardboard bale!! She guessed 845 pounds and it weighed 869 pounds

Summer hours officially start today, May 12th! The Recycling office will be open from 8 am - 4 pm Monday through Thursday and 8 am-11 am on Fridays throughout the summer and electronics drop-offs will be available between these hours. The office and electronic drop-off are located at 5179 Lionfish Dr (up the road from the public depot). When dropping off electronics, pull into the large gates and dispose of your smaller electronics and cords in the two green containers and use the large pallet in between them to drop off bigger electronics.

Guess the weight! Come see us at the UNCW Earth Day Festival to guess the weight of the bale of cardboard. Closest without going over wins a sustainability prize pack.

Thanks and the Sustainability Committee for having us at the Sustainability Week event! If you want to start recycling foam or film, drop off your recycling at UNCW Recycling Depot ♻️