Recycling in the halls

Recycling tips

Make sure to rinse out all food containers and plastic bottles.
Shred items of a personal or confidential nature.
Collapse all cardboard and paperboard boxes.
Remove and dispose of all lids from jugs, bottles and jars.
Do not contaminate recycle bins with food debris.
Avoid using plastic bags for collecting recyclables as they cannot be recycled. Try a paper bag instead.
Discuss with your roommates and suitemates the best location for placing a recycle bin.
Discuss whose responsibility it is to carry the recycle bag/bin to the waste dock.

If you have questions about recycling or living a zero waste lifestyle, check out the Environmental Center.

Room bins

Common area bins

Waste dock

Room bins and common area bins

Each room has two bins: one for recycling and one for the landfill.
Each hall has several common area bins. Don't empty your room bins in common area bins.
Each hall has a waste dock for students to empty their own bins.
Although there are not compost bins in rooms, students can find compost bins around campus and in common areas. Consider using a bag to collect compostable items to dispose of at compost bins.

Waste dock

From your room, you’ll need to take your trash and recycling to the waste dock to dispose of it in the appropriate bin. Please do not throw it in the common area bins.
Make sure the items in your bins are sorted correctly before bringing them to the waste dock.
At the waste dock, you can see there are bins for recycling and landfill waste. If you have trouble finding the waste dock, ask your RA.

Aluminum food and beverage containers (tin foil, soda cans)
Books (hard or soft cover)
Brochures and pamphlets
Cardboard (collapse all boxes)
Cereal boxes and paperboard
Copy and printer paper (and all other office paper without wax liners)
Envelopes (with windows okay)
File folders (metal clasps or plastic tabs are okay)
Glass food and beverage containers (brown, clear or green)
Iron cans
Newspapers
Magazines and catalogs
Mail
Metal fasteners (paperclip, staples, clamps)
Plastic containers with numbers 1 through 7 (narrow-neck, screw top, without caps, natural color or pigmented/tinted)
Telephone books
Wire or plastic spirals