DOs AND DON’Ts OF RECYCLING DO make a personal commitment to recycle DO take the time to follow the labels and instructions on bins put only approved materials in each bin empty cups, bottles, and cans before recycling DO report full or unsanitary bins DON’T throw trash in recycling containers DON’T put full cups, bottle, or cans in bins MIXED PAPER What is recyclable as paper? white and colored office paper STAPLES AND PAPER CLIPS ARE OK easel paper, “foolscap” sheets glossy paper, inkjet and laser photo prints magazines, catalogs, and newspapers envelopes and mail phone books, pamphlets, brochures card stock, business and index cards paperback books manilla file folders soft gray cardboard - clean food boxes Where do I put it? GREEN recycling containers containers labeled “MIXED PAPER” Where does it go from there? to the MIXED PAPER dumpster (in back of Physical Plant warehouse) then to a Macon/Bibb recycling center What is not recyclable as paper? cardboard – RECYCLE AS CARDBOARD things not made of paper binder clips, rubber bands, tape posterboard, foamboard, fiberboard foods, liquids, food wrappers, food bags plates, cups, utensils paper bags, brown paper and craft paper blueprint paper, photographs computer, audio, and video disks CARDBOARD What is recyclable as cardboard? brown, corrugated shipping cardboard STAPLES AND SHIPPING TAPE ARE OK PLASTIC What is recyclable as plastic? ONLY PLASTICS LABELED “1” or “2” Where do I put it? remove the contents of each box and fold it flat place it next to a blue PAPER recycling bin Where does it go from there? to the CARDBOARD dumpster (in back of Physical Plant warehouse) then to a Macon/Bibb recycling center What is not recyclable as cardboard? soft packaging cardboard – RECYCLE AS PAPER cardstock – RECYCLE AS PAPER mixed paper – RECYCLE AS PAPER pressed board or fiberboard non-cardboard materials #1 or #2 EMPTY plastic cups and drink bottles #1 or #2 CLEAN plastic food containers Where do I put them? BLUE recycling containers containers labeled “PLASTIC” containers labeled “BOTTLES AND CANS” Where do they go from there? to collection bins for plastic containers (in the Physical Plant warehouse) then to a Macon/Bibb recycling center What is not recyclable as plastic? ANY PLASTICS NOT LABELED “1” OR “2” METAL CANS What is recyclable as cans? aluminum drink cans steel food cans – remove labels bi-metal cans glass containers non-food plastic containers – e.g. oil plastic bags, packing material, utensils plastic bottle caps Where do I put them? BLUE recycling containers containers labeled “CANS” containers labeled “BOTTLES AND CANS” PRINTER CARTRIDGES What is recyclable? inkjet printer cartridges Where do they go from there? to collection bins for aluminum cans (in the Physical Plant warehouse) then to a Macon/Bibb recycling center What is not recyclable as cans? non-food containers – e.g. oil cans aluminum foil other metal and non-metal materials Where do I put them? collection boxes in academic department offices Willet library main desk Where do they go from there? returned to office supply store for refilling What cartridges are not recyclable? laserjet cartridges copier toner cartridges BATTERIES What is recyclable? dry-cell batteries – 9V/D/C/AA/AAA/watch Where do I put them? collection boxes in academic department offices collection boxes in Willet Library WHERE CAN I RECYCLE OTHER MATERIALS? City of Macon single-stream recycling of paper, cardboard, all plastics (#1-7), metal cans curbside pickup for Intown, Vineville, Shirley Hills, and Wimbish Road neighborhoods only THE WESLEYAN COLLEGE COMPLETE GUIDE TO RECYCLING Bibb County Where do they go from there? returned to battery store What batteries are not recyclable? computer, cell phone, wet-cell batteries COMPUTERS, MONITORS, PRINTERS What is recyclable? computer/AV equipment Where do I put them? delete (and degauss if possible) hard drives contact your ITA for pickup Where do they go from there? collected by Computer Services/Physical Plant delivered in bulk to electronics recyclers What is not recyclable? simple electrical appliances and devices MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA What is recyclable? CDs, DVDs, videotapes Where do I put them? Willet Library main desk dropoff recycling of paper, metal cans, plastics (#1-7), glass Bibb County Chamber of Commerce building in Centerville, GA Schnitzer Southeast/The Scrap Market dropoff recycling of metal cans, scrap metals, mixed paper, plastics (#1-7), glass 1645 7th Street Macon, GA 31206 950 Lower Poplar Road Macon, GA 31210 478 743-6773 Newell Recycling of Macon dropoff recycling of all kinds of scrap metals 4460 Broadway Macon, GA 31206 478 781-8118 WHAT NON-RECYCLABLE WASTE MATERIALS DOES WESLEYAN HANDLE IN SPECIAL WAYS? Fluorescent Bulbs – These contain mercury and other metals. They are collected and safely stored by the Physical Plant, then transferred to a licensed universal waste handler for safe disposal. Aerosol Cans – Both the can and the contents pose risk in the event of rupturing. These are collected and safely stored by the Physical Plant, then transferred to a licensed universal waste handler for safe disposal. Chemical Hazardous Waste – Wesleyan is EPA- August 10, 2013 Wesleyan College compliant and has protocols in place to minimize production and safely collect hazardous waste for disposal by licensed hazardous waste handlers. Where do they go from there? mailed to the GreenDisk recycling program What is not recyclable? flash drives, data cards Medical and Related Biological Waste – “Red bag” waste produced in the Health Center and biology labs is collected and transferred to a licensed biomedical waste handler for safe disposal. printed on 100% recycled paper