What Do We Recycle?

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What Do We Recycle?

Commingles

We DO NOT recycle plastic bags or styrofoam (polystyrene, #6) because they often take more resources to recycle than discard. There is a basket next to the front desk in the lobby for residents to put plastic bags for reusing. Shaw's collects plastic bags for recycling; the bin is near the self-checkout area.

We DO recycle:

Plastic containers imprinted with recycling numbers 1-5 and 7
Metal cans
Glass bottles
Juice and soy milk cartons

Commingles should be empty but not necessarily clean. Pour or scrape out any liquid or food so it doesn't leak and try to secure the lid. The goal is to keep away pests.

Paper

We DO NOT reycle:

Food-soiled paper (compostable)
Waxed paper and cardboard (compostable)
Books with covers intact (Donate them instead!)
Tyvek envelopes
Carbon paper

We DO recycle:

White and colored paper
Newspapers
Magazines
Catalogs
Cardboard (should be collapsed)
Cereal boxes
Paper bags
Junk mail

Compostables

We DO NOT compost:

Meat
Dairy
Bones
Whole eggs

We DO compost:

Fruits
Vegetables
Egg shells
Coffee filters and grounds
Tea bags
Napkins
Waxed paper and cardboard
Food-soiled paper

Technotrash

Electronics that are in working condition should be posted to reuse@mit.edu. The following information applies to unusable electronics. Televisions, monitors, and fluorescent lamps must be disposed of properly because they contain mercury and lead. Please take them to the SP loading dock.

Alkaline batteries should be discarded in the regular trash. The following items should go in the technocycle bins in the game room:

Rechargeable batteries
Non-alkaline batteries
Cell phones
PDAs
Pagers
CDs/DVDS and their cases
Videotapes
Floppy disks
External drives
Wires
Keyboards
Mice

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