Sustainability Initiative at Aquinas College
Recycling
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Campus Single Stream Recycling System- How-To
Aquinas’ recycling program is a single stream system, meaning all paper, plastic, glass, and tin can be disposed of in the same bin. Please be sure all waste is clean and food-free! The following items can be recycled in any blue recycling bin.
- Paper
- Newspaper
- Magazines/Catalogs, Junk Mail, Envelopes
- Brown Paper Bags
- Paperboard, such as Shoe Boxes, Cracker Boxes, and Cereal Boxes
- Computer Paper, Office Paper
- Soft Cover Books, including Phone Books
- Paper Cartons, such as Soy Milk Containers
- Corrugated Cardboard
- Heavy shipping and packaging boxes with a wavy liner. (Please remove all staples, tape, etc.)
- Glass
- Clear or colored food and beverage containers
- Metal
- Steel Cans
- Aluminum Foil (non-food soiled)
- Food and Beverage Containers
- Empty Aerosol Cans
- Plastic
- Plastic containers #1 through #7 (i.e. - clean milk jugs, water bottles, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles, yogurt cups)
- Plastic grocery bags #2 or #4 (i.e. - Meijer grocery bags #2)
NO STYROFOAM
NO COMPOSTABLE/PLA PLASTICS