Recycling in Residences

ACCEPTABLE:

• All food, including meat
• Coffee grounds and tea bags
• Dryer lint
• Chartwells clamshell containers, microwave popcorn bags
• Food-soiled paper of any kind (paper towels, napkins, tissues)
• Plants

NOT ACCEPTABLE:

• Plastic and biodegradable bags (they do not break down in our composter)

ACCEPTABLE:

• Computers and computer parts (keyboards, mice, monitors, hard drives, optical drives- CD, Blu–ray, DVD, HD-DVD), printers and photocopiers
• Radios and TVs, cameras, video recorders
• Cell phones, pagers and answering machines
• Audio and video players and recorders (MP3, cassette, digital), speakers

NOTE: If your residence has a recycling room, please place the e-waste beside the recycling bins for pick-up. If not, please bring to 90U, Friel, Rideau or Hyman Soloway reception.

ACCEPTABLE:

• Newspapers, flyers and magazines
• Cereal and cracker boxes (liners removed)
• Fine paper, Post-it notes, file folders and envelopes
• Brown paper bags (unsoiled)

NOT ACCEPTABLE:

• Disposable coffee cups
• Milk & juice cartons
• paper soiled with food and pizza boxes

ACCEPTABLE:

• Plastic containers, tubs and lids: #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
• Aluminum and tin cans
• Milk and juice cartons
• Glass bottles

NOT ACCEPTABLE:

• Plastic wrapping
• Plastic bags
• Plastic film
• ceramics

• Cardboard: flatten and place beside recycling bins (Brooks and Hyman Soloway have large grey bins specifically for cardboard)
• Clothing and household goods to donate: place in grey donation box on front porch of the Free Store
  
• Ink cartridges, used writing instruments, hard Styrofoam (laptop or t.v. packaging foam) & Brita filters : bring to the Free Store
• Batteries: place in white plastic container attached to most recycling counters on campus
• Food donations: contact the SFUO Food Bank

• Plastic wrapping of any kind
• Gum