UW-Green Bay Recycling Program
UW-Green Bay promotes and practices recycling campus wide. We ask that all members of the campus community help us by practicing recycling in their own areas and offices. There are Trash/ Recycling Centers located all over campus, we recycle Plastic, Glass, Aluminum, Paper, Steel and Bi-metal Cans. We ask that faculty & staff promote our efforts by helping to set a positive example for all of our students.
Some fast facts about our recycling program:
- Recycled Paper is collected from around campus and taken to a 40 yard compactor on the Instructional Services or University Union dock. We recycle on average over 720 square yards of compacted paper yearly.
- On average we use 2174 labor hours yearly for campus-wide recycling
- During the academic year the majority of the recycling from the hallway Trash/Recycling Centers is collected by student workers who work for the Operations Dept.
Items NOT allowed in General Waste/ Trash Containers or Recycling Containers
Oil Rags & Oil Filters, Tires, Yard Waste, Appliances- Refrigerators, Microwaves, Hazardous Waste, Bio-hazardous waste, Needles, Syringes, Liquid Waste, Industrial Waste, Chemical Products, all Light Bulbs, Computer/ TV Monitors & Computers, Paint Thinner, Herbicides & Pesticides, Radioactive Materials, Batteries except for Alkaline Batteries.
Paper Recycling Do’s & Don’ts
Do recycle: Books, Cardboard, Card Stock, Corrugated Paper & Cartons, Envelopes- Window/ Labeled/ Craft, Newspapers, Magazines, Paper- White/ Colored/ Ledger/ Shiny Coated/ Carbonless/ Onionskin/ Fax. Examples of these include: Brown Paper Tape, Computer Printouts, File Folders, Glued Pads, Tablets, Spiral Notebooks, Paper with staples, Ring Binders with paper in it, Phone Books, Post-It notes, Paper with Scotch Tape, envelopes with or without labels,
Don’t Recycle: Bathroom waste paper, Carbon Paper of any color, Cellophane, Cloth, Cork, Foil, Packaged Materials, Waxed anything, Facial Tissue.
Examples of what not to recycle: Candy Wrappers, Cups, Fiberboard, Labels & Label Backing in sheets, Napkins, Page Protectors if not paper, Photographs, Slides, Transparencies, Styrofoam, recording tape, metal, glass, cork
Glass Do’s & Don’ts (Co-Mingled Recycling Containers)
Do recycle: Glass- must be rinsed out and all lids and caps must be removed, Beer Bottles, Soda Bottles, Clear or tinted glass jars, Wine & Liquor bottles, Glass food containers found in grocery stores.
Don’t Recycle: Lids & caps, plate glass, drinking glass, ceramic, clay, ovenware, opaque glass, lab glass, window or windshield glass.
Steel Cans Do’s & Don’ts (Co-Mingled Recycling Containers)
Do recycle: Steel or bimetal (“tin”) cans, metal lids and caps. Cans must be rinsed. It is not necessary to remove labels.
Don’t Recycle: Paint cans, pots & pans, car parts, nails, screws, metal rods, small appliances.
Plastic Do’s & Don’ts (Co-Mingled Recycling Containers)
Do Recycle: Look for #1 or #2 on the bottom of plastic bottles. Rinse out bottles, opening must be smaller than the bottom of the container. Remove all lids or caps and metal handles.
Don’t Recycle: Plastic bottles with codes #3- #7. Motor oil or cooking oil bottles, Pesticide, herbicide, solvent, paint or adhesive containers, styrofoam or microwave containers, medical containers, caps or lids, yogurt & cheese containers, plastic bags, antifreeze bottles.
Aluminum Cans Do’s & Don’ts
Do Recycle: Rinsed out aluminum cans, not necessary to remove labels
Don’t Recycle: Anything other than aluminum cans.
Aerosol Cans- Bins for recycling these are located in the Cloud Commons, Facilities, Operations Department & Resident Life Mail Room
Large recycling bins are also available for scrap metal recycling (steel, iron, copper, brass, wire)—call the Grounds Department to arrange for disposal.
Questions please call Operations @ #2241, for Hazardous Materials contact Jane Rank @ #2273, for computer disposal & appliance contact Surplus @ #2215, for scrap metal calls Grounds @ 2788.
UW- Green Bay Recycling Program
What to Recycle: Paper- Spiral notebooks, books, envelopes, Clear & colored glass bottles, glass foodcontainers, plastic bottles with #1 or #2 on the bottom, plastic containers with the openingsmaller than the bottom of the container. Bi-metal and steel cans |
DON’T Recycle: Co-Mingle Plastic, Glass, Steel Cans- Plastic bottles with #3 - #7 on bottom, pesticide |
