Dos and Don’ts of Recycling at Colby

MIXED PAPER

YES

NO

•  All colored and white paper

•  Newspaper

•  Magazines, catalogs, and  

    telephone books

•  Envelopes (windows ok)

•  Post It Notes, folders, paper

    bags

•  Boxboard (e.g., shoe and

    cereal boxes

•  Staples, clips, or other metals

•  Carbon, waxed, or aluminum

    lined paper

•  Paper towels/tissues

•  Plastic/Tyvek or Fed Ex/UPS-

    type envelopes

•  Paper with crayon/poster

    paint

•  Hardcover books

BOTTLES/CANS

Containers with ME 5 ’ Refund

•  Aluminum cans

•  Glass bottles

•  Some plastic bottles (e.g., 2-liter bottles)

CARDBOARD

YES

NO

•  Corrugated cardboard

•  Please break down, flatten,

   and place next to the nearest    recycling station

•  Greasy pizza boxes

•  Waxed cardboard

PLASTIC

Bins located in dorm laundry rooms and academic/administrative buildings lounges and kitchenettes . Please wash out containers.

•  Plastic containers #1 and #2 (look on bottom of container)

•  Soda bottles, milk jugs, shampoo bottles, detergent containers,

    peanut butter jars, etc.

TIN CANS

Bins located in dorm kitchenettes and academic/administrative buildings lounges and kitchenettes . Please wash out containers.

•  Metal/aluminum food/beverage containers

•  Rinsed tin foil

TRASH

•  Unwanted but useable items - Reduce waste flow and save for RESCUE

•  All other materials