Recycle These Items!
For more detailed information, see the Recycling Starts with You poster and the Recycling Matrix.
Paper
Food
- milk and juice cartons (remove straw first)
- cereal, pasta and other food boxes (except frozen food boxes, which go into the trash)
- pizza boxes (if not grease- or food-stained)
Non-food
- newspapers and inserts
- journals
- junk mail and envelopes
- office paper
- confidential paper
- hospital: use dedicated confidential paper recycling bins
- campus: shred and place in regular recycling bins
Plastic
- flavored drink bottles
- water and soda bottles (place in "Returns" slot, if available)
- juice bottles
Glass and Metals
- bottles
- jars
- foil (remove food traces)
Specialty Items*
- cardboard
- batteries
- printer cartridges
- cell phones
- light bulbs
- phone books
- hardcover or paperback books
*For instructions on how to recycle these items, call one of these numbers according to your building:
Contact
- Campus Environmental Services at 464-4230
(Weiskotten, Silverman, Setnor, CAB, Jacobsen, Clark Tower) - Hospital Environmental Services at 464-6576
(UH, GCH, ROC, Computer Warehouse Building, Gamma Knife, outpatient clinics) - Campus North Zone Physical Plant at 464-9976 or 464-9970
(IHP, Sarah Loguen Center)