Greening our Campus

Recycling 101

What Can Be Recycled?

The materials listed below can be recycled in the blue bins conveniently located at recycling stations around campus. To find out when PSU Recycles! services your building, please review our Recycling Schedule.

Paper

Note: Confidential documents cannot be recycled through PSU Recycles! Please read our Confidential Materials Policy

Books: hard and soft bound (Please contact PSU Recycles! if you plan to recycling more than 10-15 at once)
Cardboard
Manila folders
Newspaper
Paper (all colors)
Paper grocery bags
Paper towel tubes
Paper with staples, paperclips, tape
Paperboard (cereal boxes, etc.)
Shredded paper (bagged only)
Spiral notebooks

Batteries

Household batteries can be recycled at the following locations: PSU Bookstore 2nd floor; Mongomery Residence Life desk; Self Service Recycling Rooms - CH 480, NH 370, SB2 144, SMSU Market, and ASPSU Office

Plastic

Bundled plastic grocery bags
Empty plastic bottles*

Glass, Metal, Misc

Cans (aluminum, tin or steel)*
Glass bottles and jars*
Styrofoam
Toner cartridges

*All recyclable food containers must be emptied and free of food residue.

These Materials Are Not Recyclable:

Coffee cups
Plastic and paper drink cups
Pizza boxes
Napkins
Candy wrappers

Special Request Materials

Some of the following materials may require special handling. For chemicals, lithographic silver, solvents, light tubes, batteries, pyrex, or lab glass, please submit a work order request to PSU Hazardous Chem/Bio Waste Pickup (Environmental Health & Safety). For computers & monitors, all electronics, and large office supplies of value, please submit a work order request to PSU Shipping/Delivery/Mail (Warehouse). In order to recycle any of the following materials, please submit a work order request: