Solid Waste and Recycling

Ithaca College works in partnership with Tompkins County Recycling & Materials Management to collect and process campus solid waste and recycling. IC collects all of its solid waste, recycling separately and hauls it to the Tompkins County transfer station for added processing. While recycling is sorted and sold to various markets, food waste is collectively gathered and transported to Cayuga Compost which is located in Tompkins County in the Town of Ulysses. Solid waste is hauled by contractors for the County to the landfill in Ontario County (NY).

IC also facilitates the recycling of scrap metal, electronics, tires and mattresses. The College further coordinates the safe disposal of hazardous waste in working with the firm Clean Harbors and medical waste through Safeguard Solutions.