FAQ's

Where on campus can I take my recycling?

Bins for paper recycling are now located in two central locations on campus - behind the Administration building and between Roberts and Gordy dorms. These gray bins are for paper recycling only, including office paper, newspaper, phone books, magazines, and any paper you can tear.

The cardboard recycling program on campus has been discontinued because of the changes in the County's recycling program. At this time, plastic recycling is not offered either.

What is the Burgess Arboretum and what is the Reinhardt community doing to restore it?

The Burgess Arboretum was built by former Reinhardt College President Dr. James Rowland Burgess. Dr. Burgess indexed more than 1,300 and planted more than 500 trees and shrubs species across the College campus. He labeled all trees and shrubs with plant labels and created an index map for the Arboretum, which is housed in the Hill Freeman Library and Spruill Learning Center. 

In 2007, Zach White, Reinhardt horticulturist, and the Master Gardeners of Cherokee County and the Cherokee County Extension Service began working to restore the Burgess Arboretum. Volunteers have spent hours reindexing all the trees and shrubs in the Burgess Arboretum, creating new plant labels, planting new plant species, and creating the 125 Most Noble Trees and Shrubs Plant Walk in the Arboretum. The Burgess Arboretum will celebrate its grand opening in 2009 on Alumni Day (mid-October).

How does the College's grounds department conserve water during the drought of the summer months?

The College's grounds department has taken several initiatives to conserve water on campus, especially during the summer drought.

• Water is pumped from Lake Mullinex to irrigate certain lawn areas and flower beds on campus.
• Several wells have been located on campus. Last year, a well near the Athletics Complex was used to irrigate all of the athletic fields, which includes the softball, baseball and soccer fields. This has been a huge savings to the College in terms of maintaining the quality of the fields without the high cost of paying for water.
• The grounds department has been using mostly drought tolerant plants in its seasonal planting beds—including begonias, Vinca major, ornamental sweet potato vines, wave petunias, junipers and other drought tolerant plants, all of which require much less watering.

Where does the College dispose of chemicals and waste?

Reinhardt has created a recovery area within the maintenance facility for all campus waste including:

• Used oil to recycle;
• Used oil filters for disposal;
• Used paint products for disposal;
• Used gas and mineral spirit products for disposal;
• Used light bulbs, ballast and exit light batteries etc. for disposal;
• Used photo processing fluid from Fincher Arts for disposal; and
• Biological waste from the Biology Department for disposal.