Plastic containers #3 - #7Plastic containers with no #Styrofoam, packing peanutsPlastic bags and filmPlastic utensils, cups, platesPlastic food wrappingPoly-carbonate bottlesTupperware containersHardcover books and binders
WHAT DOES PENN RECYCLE?
WHAT DOES PENN NOT RECYCLE?
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Plastic containers labeled #1 & #2:Plastic soda and water bottlesShampoo and detergent bottlesMilk jugs and salad dressing bottlesNO #3, #4, #5, #6 or #7 plasticNO plastic bags or food wrappersNO plastic bottle caps
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Office Paper Junk MailBulk Packs Glossy PaperMagazines NewspapersNotebooks CataloguesPaperbacks Phone BooksNO hardcover books or wax paper
Aluminum cansEmpty aerosol cansSteel & ferrous cansNO batteries or electronicsNO aluminum foil
Glass Food & Beverage Containers:Flint (clear) Emerald (green)Amber (brown) BlueNO window glassNO light bulbs
Frozen food and juice boxes Milk and ice cream cartons Food wrappers and bagsDirty paper plates, cups, napkins Food waste (uneaten food)
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CARDBOARDEmpty & Flatten:Cardboard boxesClean pizza boxesBrown paper bagsFiber board (ex: cereal boxes)NO wax-coated cardboard
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WHERE DOES IT ALL GO?
You• separate recyclables and dispose of your trash in the appropriate containers.
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.
WasteManagement• hauls Penn’s trash to dump sites called landfills.
BlueMountainRecycling• then accepts Penn’s recycling at their Grays Ferry-based Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), where everything that we recycled on campus is sorted and remanufactured so the materials can then be used to create new products!
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