Bucknell Recycling Guide |
Material | What can be recycled | How to prepare it | What cannot be recycled |
Aluminum & Metal 
| - Soda & beer cans
- Bi-metal (tin) cans
- Steel food cans
| - Drain & rinse
- Remove food
- Do not crush
| |
Glass 
| - Clear, brown, green (sorted by color--blue goes with brown)
| - Rinse bottles
- Remove caps, lids, & rings
- Labels are OK
- Separate by color
| - Light bulbs
- Mirrors
- Drinking glasses
- Pyrex
- Ceramics
- Window panes
|
Plastic 
| - #1 Containers
- #2 Milk bottles
- #2 Detergent containers
| - Rinse out
- Remove caps, lids, & rings
- Labels are OK
| - Polystyrene
- Plastic wrap
- #3-#7 Plastics
- Styrofoam
- Motor oil bottles
- "To-go" containers
|
Cardboard 
| | - Flatten out
- Keep dry
- Staples and tape are OK
| - Soiled cardboard (meat/grease or vegetable residue)
- With attached plastic or Styrofoam
- Brown paper
- Pizza and cereal boxes
|
Newsprint 
| - Magazines
- Newspaper
- Course catalogs
- Newsprint coupons
- Glossy inserts
- Glossy catalogs
- Lewisburg phone books
| - Separate newspaper from glossy
- Place in brown bag or string-tie
| |
Paper 
| - Notebooks
- Copy/Laser printer
- All computer paper
- Envelopes
- Glossy paper
- Construction paper
- Text books
- Campus phone books
- Calendars
| - Remove covers and binders from notebooks, textbooks and phonebooks
- Manila & window envelopes are OK
- Staples & labels are OK
| - Carbon paper
- Tissues/Paper towels
- Laminated paper
- Napkins
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Recycling is restricted to Bucknell University use. Lewisburg residents are requested to use the Wolfe Field Recycling Center. Separate recyclables using adequate bags, boxes, or containers. Recycling numbers for plastic appear on the underside of all bottles and containers. Deposit in appropriately labeled bins. |
