Plastic Bottles and Jugs

ONLY plastic BOTTLES and JUGS should be placed in recycling containers instead of previously accepted plastics labeled #1-#7. A “bottle” or “jug” is defined as a container with an opening or neck smaller than the body. Pro tip: keep caps on bottles and jugs.

All plastic OTHER THAN bottles and jugs should be placed in the trash including plastic bags, styrofoam, to go cups, and compostable plastic.

is a single stream campus, where all recyclables can be placed in the same recycling bin. Recycling is hauled to a Materials Recovery Facility where recyclables are sorted based on type, baled and then sold. Everyone’s actions minimizing waste, reusing, and recycling at diverts nearly a million pounds of waste from landfills every year.