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What You Can Recycle at Work
Yellow Bins
There is no need to remove staples, paper clips, rubber bands, or metal clasps. Please do not recycle paper towels or tissues. The following items can be recycled at work in your yellow bin:Item |
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Office and school paper |
Letterhead, computer paper, legal paper, loose-leaf paper, cash register receipts, scratch and message paper, copy and typing paper, memos, colored paper, carbonless NCR type paper, and plain kraft paper |
Envelopes |
White, manila and colored with or without windows |
Folders |
Manila or colored |
Data processing |
Computer printouts, adding machine tapes, and accounting ledgers |
Unwanted mail |
Letters, pamphlets, brochures, advertisements and booklets |
All cardboard boxes |
Please flatten all cardboard. Beverage cartons, dry food boxes, tissue boxes, corrugated cardboard |
Newspapers |
Including all their inserts |
Magazines and categories |
Magazines, catalogs, and phone books |
Blue Bins
These items can be recycled at work in your blue bin:Item | Note |
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Aluminum cans |
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Plastic containers | #1- #7 / You can leave the lid on or take it off |
Steel cans |
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Drink boxes |
Remove straw |
Milk and Juice cartons |
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Glass bottles and jars |
Please take metal lids off of glass containers and throw both in the bin |