{"id":6391,"date":"2017-11-21T20:32:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T20:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/?page_id=6391"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:04:52","slug":"electronic-waste-recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/health-safety\/environmental-compliance\/electronic-waste-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronics Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Scope and Purpose<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\">\n<p>Electronic Waste (e-waste) is part of the Universal Waste (UW) category and is generated by almost everyone.&nbsp; E-waste is also found in both the household and office environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UW is a hazardous waste that is widely generated in a variety of settings, is generated by another community, and is present in significant volumes in nonhazardous management systems.&nbsp; UW is regulated by 40 CFR Part 273 (EPA) and Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Chapter 851, Section 3A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Items such as computer monitors become out of date quickly and need to be replaced.&nbsp; The typical computer or monitor has toxic components and may contain between 5-8 lbs of lead, along with heavy metals such as cadmium, mercury, and arsenic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disposal of computers is subject to the Maine Hazardous Waste Regulations.&nbsp; If electronic waste is not reused, it must be recycled.&nbsp; Bates EHS works with licensed companies to reuse or recycle electronic waste generated by the Bates community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">E-Waste Types<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\">\n<p>Electronic waste is divided into the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Devices other than Monitors and Televisions: this includes CPUs, UPSs, keyboards, speakers, external hard drives, obsolete lab equipment, and anything with a circuit board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flat Panel Displays<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitors with Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Televisions with CRTs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Batteries, except Lead Acid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Recycling at Bates<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\">\n<p>Recycling electronic waste occurs in the following ways: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ILS Installed Equipment<\/strong>: If Bates Network and Infrastructure Services installed your technology equipment and\/or it has a Bates asset tag, it will be removed when your equipment has reached it&#8217;s lifespan and is scheduled to be replaced. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Legacy Equipment<\/strong>: If you are in possession of electronic equipment that is left from a previous occupant, obsolete, or does not have a asset tag, contact Bates EHS to setup a time and place for removal. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Updated 1\/27\/26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 1\/27\/26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1262,"featured_media":0,"parent":1903,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-6391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6391"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7535,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6391\/revisions\/7535"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-health-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}