Recycling - Commingled Items

Commingled Recycling - More Recyclables
Can Now Go In Your Bins

Please place the following items in your blue desk side bin, larger 23 gallon recycling bin or green 95 gallon toter:

Newspapers	Magazines and catalogs: No plastic wrappers	Paperback books	Phonebooks
Hardback books	Office paper: computer, white, color, Post-it notes, etc. Please remove paper clips and rubberbands and reuse when possible.	Copier paper wrappers	Shredded paper: Put in clear plastic bags and place next to the paper bins.
Paper bags and wrap: any color	Chipboard or Paperboard: cereal boxes, shoe boxes, etc.	File Folders: Please reuse whenever possible and recycle only when the folders are no longer in good shape.	Hanging File Folders: Metal parts must be removed. Please reuse whenever possible and recycle only when the folders are no longer in good shape.
Cartons: orange juice, etc. Please flatten when possible.	Aseptic containers: drink boxes, etc. Please flatten when possible.	Plastic containers, lids, caps and utensils: Types 1-7 and non-marked; plastic bags and plastic wrap are not accepted. Must have no food residue.	Steel, tin and aluminum cans, and foil: Must have no food residue.

NO: liquids, glass, paper cups (Starbucks, McDonald's, etc.) plastic bags, plastic wrap, Styrofoam^TM, pizza boxes, packaging peanuts, food, drinking straws, rubber bands, paper clips or trash of any kind.

Drink It or Sink It

In a 2007 audit, it was revealed that up to 30% of the weight of the garbage cans on campus consisted of fluids. The average fluid weight was 15%. In an effort to save money, reduce contamination of our recyclables, and keep garbage and recycling containers cleaner, please consume/use all of the liquids in beverage containers or empty them in a kitchen or bathroom sink. The reduction in liquids is also extremely helpful to custodial staff and members of the recycling crew who have to handle the garbage and recycling containers.