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Recycling : Recyclable Items

The following are detailed descriptions of what we can and cannot recycle, and how to recognize it.

Paper
Shredded Paper - Place your shredded paper in a bag before depositing it in a dorm station bin or your office receptacle.

Office Recycling - Place all varieties of paper in your blue bin.

Dorm Recycling
  • Deposit newspapers into the large black container labeled Newspaper .
  • Please put your mixed paper into the large black container labeled Paper .
  • Put old magazines in the Paper bin.

    Cardboard
  • Pizza grease renders cardboard un-recyclable. Please don't give us boxes we can't recycle; if it's covered in grease, put it in the garbage.
  • To save space, please flatten all boxes before putting them into the tan dumpster. Please don't give us your old pizza crusts or cheese dip, we are all well fed as it is.

    Commingled Metal, Plastic, and Glass
    Used Laundry Soap Containers - A small rinse helps us out more than you can believe. Drop these in the laundry rooms of any dorm.
    Plastic - Plastics with a #1 or #2 on them can be recycled.
    Glass - Put your glass into the brown commingle dumpster found at each dorm station.
    Aluminum Cans - Drop these into the commingle dumpster at each dorm station.
    Tin Cans - Tin cans also go into the commingle container.
    Aerosol Cans - Aerosol cans must be empty before being recycled . After emptying them, drop them into the commingle container.
    Tennis Ball Containers - There is a special bin in Markin Racquet Center for tennis ball cans.

    Aluminum
    Loose Aluminum - Contact us about disposing of large pieces of aluminum.

    Miscellaneous and Specialty Items
    Overhead Projector Sheets - Overhead transparencies can be recycled in Dow Science Center in the first floor office.
    Polystyrene and Styrofoam - Polystyrene, often called styrofoam, is a commonly recycled material. Polystyrene labeled with a "6" on it can be recycled. Egg cartons and coffee cups are common examples of recyclable polystyrene. Not sure what kind of styrofoam you have? The simplest way to test if it is acceptable is to tMarch 1, 2004 Dorm residents: Please securely box or bag your polystyrene and place it into the cardboard dumpster located at the closest dorm station.
    Office workers: Please securely box or bag all polystyrene. There are drop off points in Dewing, outside the Mail Center on the ground floor, and in Hicks Center, by the Mail Hut. Alternately, drop your secured polystyrene at the Paper Truck at the East end of Hicks Center.
    Computer Components/Electronics - These types of things are delivered to a recycling business in Grand Rapids a few times a year. If you have something like this, contact us to arrange a drop off or pick up.
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