Recycling Guidelines

Please note: blue or green waste receptacles are for recyclable materials,
do not discard general waste in these cans.

ACCEPTABLE	UNACCEPTABLE
Accounting Ledgers	Air Freight Envelopes
Blueprints	Bathroom Waste (tissues, paper towels)
Bond paper	Batteries
Booklets/Bulletins/Flyers/Pamphlets	Carbon paper
Calculator Tape	Cellophane
Carbonless forms (NCR paper)	Cloth
Catalogs	Cups, Plates and Trays
Colored paper	Foil products
Computer paper	Food Scraps, wrappers or containers *
Copier paper	Glass
Envelopes with or without windows	Gummed labels & backing sheets
Fax and Telex sheets	Hardcover books & binders (recycle the paper)
Ledger paper	Lunch bags & napkins
Magazines	Metal (except small amounts of staples or paper clips on paper)
Manila file folders (all colors)	Packaging materials
Manuals with glued bindings	Photographic paper
Newsletters	Plastics/Printer ribbon
Post-It Notes	Spiral binders
Scratch and Message Pad Paper	Strapping/metal/nylon/plastic
Telephone Directories	Styrofoam cups and packaging
Writing Paper	Synthetic paper (tyvec envelopes)
	Toner cartridges

*The largest contaminant to recyclable materials.

Paper clips, rubber bands, scotch tape and staples on paper need not be removed; however, you can further reduce waste by saving paper clips and rubber bands for future use.
Place aluminum beverage cans in proper labeled containers.
Cardboard boxes should be flattened and placed in a large central recycling container, or other designated location.

PLEASE THROW EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE REGULAR TRASH CONTAINER

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