Recycling

Community Recycling Options

Gift & Thrift / Booksavers of Virginia
731 Mt. Clinton Pike
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
(540) 433-8844

Mercy House Thrift Store
1005 S. High St.
Harrisonburg, VA
(540) 433-3273

Goodwill
2025 E. Market Street
Harrisonburg, VA
(540) 432-9600

2475 S. Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA
(540) 434-6050

The Paradox of Recycling - A video produced by four EMU CJP students about the state of recycling in Harrisonburg and EMU in 2015.

Recycling at EMU - Short promotional video about how EMU recycles.

Plastic Products

Plastic bottles that are type #1 or #2 are taken to Dave’s Recycling in Harrisonburg. They are crushed and baled, and sold wholesale to buyers internationally.
Plastics #3-7 have no market value, and so are unfortunately disposed of in the landfill.
Plastic grocery bags are baled right here on campus, and are bought by Valley Paper. They become Trex decking, a premium rot-proof product!

Other Bottles and Cans

Aluminum and steel cans, as well as other metal products go to Rockingham Scrap Metal, located almost within walking distance of campus on N. Liberty Street.
Glass products are used as a crushed aggregate to cover the Rockingham County Landfill. Though not truly recycled, it is repurposed.

Paper Products

Valley Paper based out of Dayton, Virginia is the sole purchaser of recyclable paper products from EMU.
Mixed paper is frequently sent overseas to developing countries, and becomes shredded to be used as insulation.
Newspapers are turned into the paper face of drywall used in building construction.
Cardboard is purchased by a box manufacturing company based out of Lynchburg, VA: International Paper Co. The cardboard is shredded, turned into a pulp, and then pushed through a special screen where it becomes new cardboard!

Questions, Comments, Crazy Stories?
(540) 432-4546
ccc@emu.edu
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