Every year, millions of CD, CD-ROM and DVD disks are thrown in the trash. These disks end up in landfills and incinerators causing unnecessary damage to our environment. Software Central has made arrangements with a service that will recycle old CD, CD-ROM and DVD disks. We would like to help the UCLA campus participate in this service by providing a drop off points for old disks to be recycled. We have set up a box for this purpose in the Software Central office, 5939 Math Science building. Drop off hours for disks at this location only are 8am to 4pm, Monday through Friday. Other drop off locations include:

Broad Art Center, 2100B
Bruin OnLine, 124 Kerckhoff Hall
Center for Digital Humanities Lab, B01 LuValle Commons
Center for Digital Humanities Help Desk, 1020 Public Policy Bldg.
CLICC Drop-In Lab, 145 Powell
Department of Sociology, 264 Haines Hall
ETU Office, 3051 Moore Hall
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Bank of America, 924 Westwood Blvd, Suite 400A’s copy room
Science Learning Center, 4351 Young Hall
SEAS Computer Lab, 2684 Boelter Hall
Social Sciences Computing Lab, 2035 Public Policy Bldg.
Student Technology Center, Bottom Floor Delta Terrace
Technology and Learning Center, 22-001CHS

We are only able to collect the disks themselves, not the boxes or sleeves that they may come in. We encourage you to reuse the plastic ‘jewelbox’ cases that the disks come in to the extent possible. Cardboard or paper disk sleeves are generally recyclable as paper products.

Before bringing your disks to any collection box, please ensure that you have erased any sensitive data that they may contain. You may also shred or break your disks and bring them to us in their shredded or broken form to be recycled.

Any type of digital disk can be recycled under this program, including those containing computer programs, music, video, data, etc. We are able to accept all disks of this type from all UCLA affiliates, including faculty, staff and students.

Please help us spread the word and make this recycling program a success by forwarding this email to anyone that you know on campus that may have disks to recycle. If you would like a disk recycling collection box in your department, contact us for details.

Feel free to contact Software Central if you have any questions. Thank you for your assistance with this effort!

UCLA Software Central
5939 Math Sciences, MC 155705
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1557
ph: 310-206-4780
fx: 310-206-4742
softwarecentral@ucla.edu