• Recycling bins are located in each office and in common areas in each building.
• Rebel Recycling team members do not have keys to offices and therefore cannot enter offices to empty deskside containers. When your deskside bin is full, please empty it in the nearest common area receptacle. 
• Rebel Recycling empties hallway bins on a weekly basis. Each building has a specified schedule. Contact your building’s FM liaison for your schedule.
• If you have a question about your pick-up schedule, contact your FM liaison or email recycle-group@unlv.edu.
• Visit the Republic Services website to learn more about what is and isn’t recyclable.

The following items require a special pick up:

• Recyclable materials that do not fit into a unit's recycling bins such as:
  • Oversized cardboard
  • Bags of shredded paper
• Boxes of binders/reusable items
• Ink and toner cartridges
  • Ink and toner cartridges must be separated from other items. Please place them next to your recycling bin.
• Shred toter exchanges.

To schedule a special pick-up, please complete our "Request for special pick up of recyclable material form.

We provide and switch out clean recycling bins for units when requested. If your recycling bin is soiled or in unsatisfactory condition, email recycle-group@unlv.edu to schedule a bin cleaning or new bin drop off.

Rebel Recycling provides toters to campus units to collect items to shred. We will help haul the materials, when requested. A representative from the unit does not need to be present during the shredding process. We also allow campus customers to use the shredder to shred their own materials.

To request shredding services, email recycle-group@unlv.edu.

Recycling stations are available for on-campus events at the host’s request. Upon approval of the upcoming event, email recycle-group@unlv.edu and a representative will help you determine which recycling station setup would best suit your needs.

Drive Up, Drop Off (DUDO) is available 24/7 to give faculty, staff, and students living in apartments or condos the opportunity to recycle. Please visit the DUDO webpage for additional details, including items we can and cannot accept.

There are over 100 hydration stations in 31 buildings on campus to refill water bottles free of charge.

During the fall move-in process, Rebel Recycling provides bins on each floor of residence halls to collect cardboard and other recyclable packaging students have left over after settling into their dorm rooms.

Collection bins for reusable items are located on the first floor of each residence hall. Rebel Recycling empties these containers on a weekly basis, making room for more items. During the move-out process at the end of the spring semester, recycling bins are placed on every floor to meet the increased demand. The items collected are donated to local charities.Visit the Residence Hall Usable Items webpage to learn more.

Rebel Recycling helps event planners coordinate zero-waste events. The waste that these events generate is 90% compostable or recyclable. Contact Tara Pike-Nordstrom at tara.pike@unlv.edu to help plan a zero-waste event, meeting, or conference on campus.

Rebel Recycling collects food waste from every eatery and academic kitchen on campus and sends it to Las Vegas Livestock, a sustainable local pig farm, to be cooked into livestock feed. On average, Rebel Recycling repurposes 189 tons of food waste annually.

Fill it Forward is a sustainability initiative that makes staying hydrated fun! Every time you refill your water container, you earn points, take part in campus-wide competitions, and help contribute to clean water projects around the world. Learn more on the Rebels Refill webpage.