Recycling at DU

The Sturm College of Law is proud of its LEED certified building. Make sure you review the recycling guidelines that were e-mailed to the DU community last month -- everyone has a responsibility to create a sustainable campus.

• Recycling Guidelines PDF
• Recycling at DU
• University Sustainability Council
• Building Green: The Frank H. Ricketson Law Building

Just a few of the law school's "green" features:

• Designed to use 40-percent less energy than a comparable conventional building
• Each floor has an area to recycle glass, paper and plastics
• Showers are available for students, faculty and staff who walk or ride their bikes
• Building materials contain a high percentage of post-consumer recycled materials, including structural steel, copper roof, carpeting and acoustic tiles, resulting in more than 50-percent of all construction wastes being diverted from landfills and recycled
• Natural groundwater is collected and recycled for landscape irrigation, reducing the building’s use of treated city water. Native plants and special irrigation technology have resulted in result in 70-percent less water used for landscaping