Paper Recycling Guidelines

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Remove paper clips. Staples and small amounts of tape are OK. Place shredded paper in plastic bags next to recycling bin.

ACCEPTABLE PAPER

• Office paper (any color except fluorescent bond, photocopy, printer/laser, notebook, legal, fax, plotter); shredded is OK if placed in plastic bag next to recycling bin
• Envelopes (labels and windows OK)
• White, pastel, interoffice (NO brown)
• NO Tyvek (reinforced-fiber) or padded
• Magazines and catalogs
• Newspaper and inserts
• Brochures
• Telephone books
• Post-itTM notes
• Junk mail (unopened OK)
• Paperback books
• Soft cover computer manuals
• Hardcover books (with covers removed)
• Manila file folders
• White/pastel packing paper (NO tissue)
• White boxboard or card stock (NO tan/gray corrugated or cereal-type boxes)

UNACCEPTABLE MATERIALS

• NO Plastic, transparencies, or photographs
• NO Metal spiral or plastic ring bindings
• NO Candy wrappers or chip bags
• NO Pizza boxes or other food containers
• NO Soft drink or beer cartons
• NO Paper bags or other brown paper
• NO Corrugated (no matter how thin!) or tan/ gray cereal-type cardboard of any kind
• NO Gray paperboard, boxboard, egg cartons
• NO Brown envelopes w/string closures
• NO Dark-colored accordion files
• NO Dark-colored hanging files
• NO Carbon paper (carbonless is OK)
• NO Wax paper
• NO Paper towels, napkins, or tissue paper
• NO Hardcover books (unless covers are removed)
• NO Paper ream wrappers (most are either plastic coated or tan inside)
• NO Brightly colored (fluorescent) paper

Revised April 2005

Contact Information

If you have general questions or comments, contact:
Shalini Suryanarayana (shalini@mtu.edu) and please put
"ESC Question/Comment" in the subject line.

Electronic mail

If you have any questions on the recycling program at Michigan Tech: recyclinginfo-l@mtu.edu

General Information: shalini@mtu.edu