August 22, 2014
Catholic University participates in single-stream recycling. That means all recyclables can be placed in the same bin.Materials to place in recycling bins include:
- The following types of paper:
- Newspapers ( including all inserts)
- Magazines, catalogs, and junk mail
- Cardboard and paperboard boxes (including cereal boxes without liners)
- Office paper (of all weights) and envelopes
- Books (including paperbacks, textbooks, hardbacks, and telephone books)
- Brown paper bags
- Non-metallic wrapping paper
- Glass food and beverage containers such as jars and bottles (lids and caps do not need to be removed)
- The following types of metal:
- Food and beverage cans (lids and caps do not need to be removed)
- Aluminum food and beverage containers, aluminum foil, and aluminum pie pans
- Aerosol cans
- The following types of plastic:
- Narrow-neck containers (other than for motor oil) carrying plastic resin identification code one through seven (the number inside the recycling symbol). Lids and caps do not need to be removed
- Wide-mouth containers such as those for peanut butter, margarine/butter tubs, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, whipped topping, and prescription bottles (lids and caps do not need to be removed)
- Rigid plastics, which include milk/soda crates, buckets with metal handles, laundry baskets, lawn furniture, totes, drums, coolers, flower pots, drinking cups, 5-gallon water bottles, pallets, and empty garbage/recycling bins
- Milk and juice cartons (lids and caps do not need to be removed)
Follow is a short list of materials not accepted:
- Wax-coated paper or cardboard
- Any material with substantial food debris (small trace amounts of food residue are ok)
- Batteries of any kind
- Plastic bags or films of any kind
- Styrofoam or any other type of foam packaging
- Light bulbs of any kind
- Mirrors, window or auto glass, porcelain, ceramics, glass cookware/bake ware, microwave oven trays, drinking glasses, perfume/cologne bottles
- Wood or yard waste (yard waste is, however, suitable for composting)
- Wire coat hangers
- Household items such as toasters, cookware, bakeware, electronics, appliances, etc.
- Hazardous or toxic substances
- Items containing or having debris and residue containing hazardous or toxic substances such as paint cans with wet paint, motor oil containers, gasoline cans, glue, and petroleum products
