COMMINGLED RECYCLABLES
(All colors)
NO window glass
NO light bulbs
PLASTIC
Plastic containers #1-7
NO plastic without a number
NO plastic bags or wrapping
NO Styrofoam or packing foam
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All glass food &
beverage containers
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GLASS
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METAL
Aluminum cans
Empty aerosol cans
Steel & ferrous cans
NO aluminum foil
NO electronics
NO cell phones
NO batteries
PAPER RECYCLABLES
Office Paper
Junk Mail
Bulk Packs Glossy Paper
Magazines Newspapers
Notebooks Catalogues
Paperbacks Phone Books
NO hardcover books
NO wax paper
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MIXED PAPER
CARDBOARD
Empty & Flatten:
Cardboard boxes
Clean pizza boxes
Brown paper bags
Fiber board (ex: cereal boxes)
NO wax-coated cardboard
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NON-RECYCLABLES
STYROFOAM
Styrofoam cups and containers
Packing inserts or “peanuts”
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Frozen food and juice boxes
Milk and ice cream cartons
Orange juice cartons
Food wrappers and bags
Dirty paper plates, cups, napkins
Food waste (uneaten food)
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FOOD WASTE
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PLASTIC BAGS
Plastic shopping or sandwich bags
Plastic wrap or film
Please recycle plastic grocery bags
at your nearest grocery store.
THE FATE OF YOUR WASTE
• You separate recyclables and dispose of your trash in the appropriate containers.
PAPER
TRASH
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GLASS
PLASTIC
ALUMINUM
• Housekeeping collects blue recycling bags and clear trash bags from inside Penn
buildings and offices together and transports them to trash and recycling dumpsters
at the buildings’ designated loading docks.
• Facilities then picks up trash and recycling separately, but with the same trucks.
Campus trash runs are made in the morning and recycling is picked up in the afternoon.
• Transfer Stations receive trash from campus trucks for delivery to landfills or incinerators.
• Penn’s recyclables are then sent to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), where the materials
we recycled on campus are sorted, packaged and shipped to be remanufactured into new
products!
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TRANSFER
STATION
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LANDFILL
MRF