Electronics Recycling and Shred It Drive Scheduled for April 9

03/25/2025

Facilities Services is hosting an E-Waste and Shred It Drive from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, at the Il Monastero Parking Lot. This drive is part of the collegiate sustainability competition, Campus Race to Zero Waste. 

Saint Louis University was the winner of the E-Waste Drive in 2019.

The drive is a friendly competition for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Some 300 campuses in 43 states competed in RecycleMania in 2019 engaging 4.25 million students and 900,000 faculty and staff for a total of more than 5.1 million participants.

The event is open to the general public and fees will apply for certain items.

Cathode ray tube TVs smaller than 26-inches will cost $30 to recycle. CRT TV's larger than 27-inches will cost $50 to recycle. All flat screen TVs will cost $20 to recycle.

CRT computer monitors will cost $5. Any appliance with freon (refrigerator, A/C units) will cost $10. Computers, laptops, printers, DVD players, VCRs, gaming consoles, stereos, radios, printers, kitchen appliances, washers, dryers, stoves, and microwaves can be recycled without a fee. 

The shredding includes free confidential document shredding.

For more information visit the sustainability webpage.