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RECYCLING INFORMATION ON CAMPUS (WHY RECYCLE)
[RECYCLING INFORMATION ON CAMPUS (WHAT TO RECYCLE)]
WHAT TO RECYCLE
The following items can be recycled on campus at Earlham:
- Plastics #1 and #2 (look at bottom of container and the number inside the triangle to determine a #1 or #2) (these go into square, blue dumpsters, labeled co-mingle. They are presently located south of Bundy Hall, south of Runyon Center, south of Lily Library, and north of the Maintenance Bldg).
- Aluminum cans (these also go into square, blue dumpsters, labeled co-mingle, as per plastics #1 and #2).
- Steel cans (these also go into square, blue dumpsters, labeled co-mingle, as per plastics #1 and #2).
- Glass (these also go into square, blue dumpsters, labeled co-mingle, as per plastics #1 and #2).
- Office paper (presently collected in square, blue dumpster, labeled "office paper"; these dumpsters are located north of Grounds Barn, west of LBC, east of Noyes Hall, west of Carpenter Hall, and south of Lily Library).
- Newspaper (presently collected in square, blue dumpster, labeled "cardboard", north of Grounds Barn and in Runyon Center near main desk)
- Corrugated Cardboard (collected on north side of Grounds Barn in rectangular, brown dumpster)
- Lead/acid Batteries (collected on west side of Maintenance Bldg/small batteries collected in covered, metal barrel, on west side of Maintenance Bldg.)
- Scrap metal (in long, open dumpster, immediately south of Maintenance Bldg.)
- Old electronics/computers (will have computer recycling roundup for community sometime in January 2007 and maybe once later in year)
- Old Cell phones and ink cartridges (in basement of Lily Library, by computing center)
Plans to implement a centralized recycling collection area on campus are presently being discussed. This area would be located immediately east of the Athletic and Wellness Center and south of the Maintenance Building.
HOW AND WHERE TO RECYCLE ON CAMPUS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT RECYCLING
