Recycling Cheat Sheet

Acceptable for recycling:

Cardboard

• Corrugated cardboard boxes – please flatten and remove all plastic

Mixed Paper

• Newspaper, magazines,
  catalogs, computer
  paper, junk mail,
  cereal/other
  paperboard boxes
  (flatten) and paper bags

Clean Steel and
Aluminum Cans/foil/pie tins

• Empty and rinse.
• Aluminum beverage cans, Metal cans, including food and beverage cans.
• Place the lid back in the can

Clean Kitchen,
Laundry, Bath Bottles
and Containers

• Milk and juice jugs,
  soda & water bottles,
  shampoo
  bottles; detergent
  bottles.
• Containers with #1‐ #7
  will be accepted. Butter
  tubs, yogurt sour
  cream, clear clamshells,
  berry baskets, prescription
  bottles, etc.
  Empty, rinse, crush, and
  replace cap before disposal.
• No loose caps or containers
  of loose caps are accepted.
  The cap needs to be placed
  back on the bottle or carton
  to be recycled

Clean Bottles and Jars

• Clear, blue, brown &
  green food & beverage
  glass containers.
• Remove and
  discard metal caps/lids,
  then empty and rinse
  before recycling.
• Metal caps/lids are not accepted.

Clean Food and
Beverage Cartons

• Plastic‐coated cardboard Milk, juice, soup, creamers. Empty, rinse, crush and replace plastic caps before recycling.

Not acceptable for recycling:

Plastic Bags

• Plastic bags become tangled in machinery at recycling facilities, causing damage.
  • (Some UMW residence halls require recycling to be bagged – view guidelines here)

Foam Products or
Carryout Packaging

• Including cups,
• takeout boxes, and
• packaging
• materials (like peanuts)

Food‐contaminated
items

• No greasy pizza boxes
• No dirty cans/bottles
• No dirty aluminum foil
• No used napkins/paper
  towels.
• Food residue
  contaminates the
  materials and makes
  items unrecyclable.

Hazardous Waste
Containers

• No flammables, motor oil, paint, pesticides, or batteries are accepted.

Tanglers

• No hoses, wires, chains or shredded paper.
• No electronics are accepted