Furniture and Equipment Disposal

Facilities Management offers support for the disposal of furniture, capital equipment, non-capital equipment and electronics. This service is provided free of charge if the items for disposal are in a CU Denver-owned general fund building (Lawrence Street Center, CU Denver Building, Business School, North Classroom, Student Commons, Learning Commons) and the request does not include a large number of items or items that are heavy enough to require additional labor. If either of those circumstances apply, the requesting unit will be charged a fee for pickup based on an hourly rate. Disposal services are available in the Lola and Rob Salazar Wellness Center, City Heights and Lynx Crossing for a fee. If you are in an AHEC-owned building (all buildings not listed above), please visit the AHEC Facilities Services site. Before you dispose of items, please consider offering them to other units if they are in good condition. This can be done by posting the items on the Furniture & Equipment Swap Teams page.

A description of each category and the process for disposing of items within each category is described below.

NOTE: Electronic equipment and Furniture and Non-Capital Equipment follow the same process and can be submitted as a single request.

Capital equipment is defined as equipment equal to or exceeding $5,000 in value. Capital equipment may have a university tag. More information on capital equipment can be found in Policy 2023 (Capital Equipment and Government Property). The process for disposal of Capital equipment includes the following steps:

Submit a Capital Equipment Disposal Request Form.
The Asset Management office will process the request.
If the request is approved, Asset Management will contact Facilities Management to arrange for disposal. If the item(s) is/are too large or the quantity too great, Facilities Management will schedule a pickup with the Move Coordinator and the cost of the move will be billed to the requesting unit.
The items are picked up and disposed of, typically within 2-4 weeks.

Disposing of electronic equipment in the trash is illegal in Denver as of July 1, 2013 (Colorado’s Electronic Recycling Jobs Act- SB 12-133). Electronics contain a variety of harmful, and sometimes toxic metals and materials and must be disposed of properly. This includes items such as computer monitors, central processing units (CPUs), peripherals, printers, fax machines, laptops, notebooks, and electronic tablets. The process for disposal of electronic equipment includes the following steps:

Submit a disposal request through the EMS Reservation System.
Facilities Management will pick up the items and take them to a storage site in the North Classroom.
An electronics disposal vendor, currently Techno- Rescue, will pick up the items and dispose of them properly.

The disposal of furniture and non-capital equipment does not require special approval or pickup by a specific vendor. The process for disposing of furniture and non-capital equipment includes the following steps:

Submit a disposal request through the EMS Reservation System.
Facilities Management will pick up the items and dispose of them

If you have any questions regarding disposal of Capital Equipment, Electronic Equipment, or Furniture and Non-Capital Equipment please contact Facilities Management at DC_facilities_dispatch@ucdenver.edu or 303-315-7777

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