More Recycling Information

Mary Ann Hopkins, Administrative Analyst, 805-893-2661 x2302
Associated Students Recycling Program, 805-893-7765

More Recycling Information

The following list is what is now acceptable and unacceptable in your "Office Pack" recycling cans. Use the dark green office pack bins in your main office area, and the "blue pitches" at your desk.

Acceptable Papers

•White ledger (bond, typing, copier, index cards, etc.)
•Colored ledger
•Envelopes (colored or white with or without windows)
•Fax paper
•Carbonless paper
•Pamphlets & brochures (but not magazines), stapled but NOT glued
•Manila and bleached file folders
•Catalogs
•Direct Mailings (opened & sorted for contaminants)

Unacceptable Papers

•Magazines
•Newspapers (or inserts)
•Unbleached paper

Don't worry! No need to spend time removing these from your recyclable paper:

•Paper clips
•Plastic tabs
•Metal fasteners
•Wire spirals
•Rubber bands
•Plastic spirals
•Staples
•Press apply labels
•Tape
•White paper ream wrappers
•Pressure sensitive notes

Recycling Clusters

Use these recycling clusters (made from all recycled materials) for:

•Newspaper
•Aluminum, and Plastic #1 and #2
•Glass
•Trash (non-recyclable - goes to the land fill)

Cardboard Dumpsters

There are now cardboard recycling dumpsters by most campus buildings.
Please use them!

•Cardboard MUST BE FLATTENED before putting into the dumpsters.
•There is a 40 yard recycling dumpster for steel in Central Stores parking lot and wooden pallets may be contributed or removed from the neatly stacked pile.

If you have any questions about your recycling please call:
Mary Ann Hopkins, 893-2661 x2302.
Thank you for recycling!