Behind the scenes: What happens to your on-campus recyclables?
Watch our 2-minute video of Rumpke’s Cincinnati recycling facility and see how recyclables are sorted and separated
What happens to the bottles, plastic cups, yogurt containers, paper, and other recyclable items after you place them in the recycling bins on campus?
Miami University's waste hauling provider, Rumpke Waste & Recycling, collects and hauls them to their Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in Cincinnati.
There, the items are sorted and separated. Contaminated items are sent to the landfill.
Contamination — such as plastic bags — costs Rumpke at least $1.5 million per year between disposal costs and the lost time from equipment being down.
- Not sure what Rumpke accepts for recycling? Check the list on the Sustainability at Miami website.
About 90% of Rumpke's recycling end product is sold by Rumpke to local businesses, primarily within a 250-mile radius of Rumpke facilities.
As an industry, recycling in Ohio supports over 3,100 local businesses, employing more than 98,000 people, according to Rumpke.Check out the Sustainability at Miami website for more information.
