Lauren Brois January 29th, 2009

What Can I Recycle At New Paltz?

ACCEPTABLE ITEMS

• PAPER PRODUCTS
• Newspaper
• Magazines & Catalogues
• Computer, Copy, Fax Paper
• Loose-leaf
• Phonebooks
• Junk Mail
• Envelopes (even with a plastic window)
• Wrapping Paper
• Greeting Cards
• All Thin Cardboard (cereal, pasta, cracker and other food boxes, shoe boxes, tissue boxes, paper egg cartons, soda and beer packaging, paper towel rolls)
• Corrugated Cardboard (shipping boxes, water bottle shipping tray)
• Brown Paper Bags

Please Note: Flatten cardboard, do not tie together, keep loose. Also no wax or plastic coated paper products

COMMINGLED PRODUCTS

• Aluminum Cans (example: soda cans)
• Tin Cans (example: soup/canned food)
• Glass Bottles
• Plastic #1,#2,#4,#5,#7, any shape
• Plastic Bottles (example: shampoo, water)
• Plastic Tubs (yogurt, salad containers)
• Plastic Jugs (milk, juice)

Tip: Look for the recycling symbol printed or stamped onto the container, if the number is #1, #2, #4, #5, #7 it is recyclable.

Note: Remove caps (no caps!) rinse all containers so there is no food residue

NOT ACCEPTED

• Coffee Cups
• Pizza Boxes
• Any Material that has a food residue
• Paper Towels/Tissues/Napkins
• Waxed or Plastic Coated Paper or Boxes
• Pizza Boxes
• Tin Foil Wrapping or Pie Tins
• Foil Wrapping Paper
• Prescription Drug Bottles
• Saran Wrap
• Potato Chip bags
• Black Microwave Plastic Containers
• Styrofoam
• Automotive Fluid Bottles
• Herbicide/Pesticide Containers
• Flower Vases/Drinking Glasses
• Window/ Broken Glass
• Scrap Metal
• NO #3 plastic
• NO # 6 plastic
• Plastic Bags (recycling station available at local grocery store)
• Light Bulbs (recycle in RA office, by trading old light bulb for a new CFL)
• Electronics (recycle outdated and/or broken electronics/wires in the We Recycle box in RA office)
• Cell Phones (working phones will be donated, broken phones recycled, deposit all into the We Recycle box in RA office)
• Clothing (donate it to Planet Aid, bins are all around campus)

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