Waste Sorting Guide

Master List of Waste Types by Office of Environment, Health, and Saftey

  • Focus: Disposal of hazardous and regulated waste (e.g., chemicals, biological, radioactive).

  • Content: Provides instructions for safe disposal

  • Audience:  Laboratory and office personnel dealing with hazardous materials

UC Berkeley Waste Guide by Routeware Products

  • Focus: General waste sorting (recycling, compost, landfill) + hazardous waste

  • Content: User-friendly guide for everyday waste

  • Audience: General campus community (students, staff, visitors

Campus Waste Overview

Resource → Campus Policies

Unit 1 - 6 Signage

The following diagram is visible on all waste buckets in:

  • Unit 1: Deutsch, Slottman, Cheney, Christian, Freeborn, Putnam
  • Unit 2: Cunningham, Towle, Ehrman, Wada, Davidson, Griffiths

  • Unit 3: Spens-Black, Norton, Ida Sproul, Priestley, Beverley Cleary, New Sequoia

  • Unit 4 (Foothill): 

    • La Loma Buildings 1, 2, & 3

    • Hillside Buildings 6, 7, 8 & 9

    • Stern

  • Unit 5 (Clark Kerr):

    • Residential Halls: 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 

    • Suites 2, 9, 11, 16, 17

    • Apartments: 19, 20

  • Unit 6: Channing Bowditch, Martinez Commons, Enclave, Panoramic Berkeley

Waste Sorting Signage for Unit 1

Waste Sorting Magnet