Lafayette College Recycling

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Lafayette College Recycling

• LEAP Recycling Committee

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Findings

• Combined 120 commingle, 25 mixed paper, 20
  newspaper recycling bins in dorms
• Some dorms have recycling/trash closets, many of
  which have lights turned on all day and night
• Many dorms (Ruef, Kamine, Kirby, Rubin) have no
  mixed paper recycling
• Signage in most dorms is lacking (no way to tell
  what bins are meant for what material)

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Suggestions

• Place a trashcan next to any recycling bin
• Clump the recycling bins
• Place recycling at same location on each floor
• All bins for commingle should be blue (and lid
  with a circle hole?) replace those that are not
• A clear sign should be placed above each bin
• Recycle all paper together (with the exception of
  white paper) if we switch to GreenStar

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Lafayette Recycles
Plastic
Glass
Cans

PLEASE do not contaminate recycling bins with
trash!
remove caps before recycling bottles
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MIXED PAPER
NEVER Pizza Boxes Paper Towels ELSEWHERE Newspaper
(other bin) Shipping Boxes (Farinon)
YES Computer Paper Cereal Boxes Color Paper
Glossy Magazines
RECYCLING
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NEWSPAPER

RECYCLING
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WHITE PAPER
WHITE OFFICE PAPER ONLY

• RECYCLING

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NO RECYCLING PIZZA BOXES
Reuse Cardboard OR Discard as Trash
Lafayette cannot recycle pizza boxes because they
are contaminated with food