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Make Recycling Easy

   Plastics

   Metals

   Glass

  • Acceptable
    Labeled with numbers 1 and 2
    Juice Boxes
    6 pk/12 pk rings

  • Not Acceptable
    Plastics with numbers 3, 4, 5
    Plastics with numbers 6 or 7
    Plastic bags
    (can be recycled at local grocery stores)
    Styrofoam
  • Acceptable
    Aluminum Foil
    Beverage cans
    Disposable baking pans
    Food cans
    Food can lids

  • Not Acceptable
    Dirty Aluminum foil
    Steel pieces
    All other metals
  • Acceptable
    Clear
    Brown
    Tinted and Colored

  • Not Acceptable
    Broken glass (safety reasons)
    Cookware
    Lightbulbs
    Window glass

   Mixed Paper

   Mixed Paper

   Mixed Paper

  • Acceptable
    Envelopes
     -open window
     -labeled
     -inter office
    Junk mail
    Magazines
    Newspapers
    Office Paper
     -white
     -colored
     -ledger
  • Acceptable
    Office paper
     -computer paper
     -glossy
     -carbonless or NCR
    Paperback books
    Post-It Notes
    Telephone books

     Must be flattened:
     -Cardboard
     -Corrugated paper cartons
  • Not Acceptable
    Paper Cups
    Carbon Paper
    Dark or florescent colored paper
    Facial tissue
    Hand towels
    Hardcover books
    (unless cover is removed)
    Waxed paper

Questions or Comments?  Please call Northern Illinois University
Physical Plant Recycling at 753-0352.
We also recycle InkJet Toner Cartridges and Laser Toner Cartridges. 
Please mark them "recycle" and send them through campus mail. 
Call 753-0352 for information.