RECYCLING ON CAMPUS

PLASTICS

Plastic water bottles and plastic jugs Soda bottles and yogurt containers Shampoo bottles, Detergent bottles

PAPER

Recycle newspaper, envelopes, office paper, junk mail, brochures, magazines, greeting cards and file folders. Shredded paper should be put in a paper bag.

METALS

Aluminum cans, tin food cans, scrap metal, clean aluminum foil

GLASS BOTTLES

Mines only recycles glass bottles and jars.

Cardboard recycling

Boxes and ream wrappers, file folders, poster board, frozen food boxes, milk cartons. You can recycle pizza boxes if they are not too greasy. Empty food first!

For more details about recycling, see Republic Services Recycling Guide.

DO NOT RECYCLE*:

  • Plastic bags and plastic film 
  • Plastic Food Wrappers
  • Plastic without Numbers
  • Greasy Food Containers
  • Food or Liquid Waste
  • Yard Waste
  • Construction Debris
  • Scrap Metal
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Electronics Cables or Batteries
  • Diapers
  • Tissue
  • Bio-hazardous Waste
  • Light Bulbs
  • Ceramics Dishes or Mirrors
  • Hoses
  • Toys Clothes Shoes
  • Tools
  • Plastic Straws
  • Styrofoam
  • To-Go Lids
  • Holiday Decorations
  • Hardback Books

*Hard-to-Recycle items above can be recycled by SustainAbility.

Batteries – Mines no longer recycles Alkaline batteries (A, AA, C, D). These companies recycle alkaline batteries for a fee: TerraCycle  and EZ Earth. Consider purchasing rechargeable household batteries.

Please recycle lead-acid, lithium, and nickel cadmium batteries with EHS.

Toner cartridges – A toner cartridge recycling box is located on the loading dock of Marquez hall.

Plastic film/block Styrofoam – Labs and offices can recycle plastic film and white block Styrofoam (#6 only) in the basement of Coolbaugh hall near the Chem Store.

For Mines owned surplus property, visit our Surplus Property page.