UW Madison Recycling Guide

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UW Madison Recycling Guide Cans, Glass, & Plastic General Rules Mixed Paper Office Paper Compost Trash - Landfill Plastics #1-7 Metal cans Glass bottles & jars Notebook paper Copy paper Index cards Colored/neon paper Paper bags Cardboard File folders Magazines Fruits & vegetables Napkins Paper coffee cups Thin plastics Straws & plastic utensils Greasy paper & cardboard Tissues Styrofoam Envelopes (tear off plastic) Paper take-out boxes labeled “compostable” (tear up) Separate items made of different materials to prevent contamination Remove food and liquids Recycle items the way you bought them Printer paper Dirty recyclables are trashed Do not crush cans or plastic *Only white paper *Leave lids on Meat & dairy (no bones) Grain products Aerosol cans

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UW Madison Recycling Guide

Cans, Glass, & Plastic

General Rules

Mixed Paper

Office Paper Compost

Trash - Landfill

Plastics #1-7 Metal cansGlass bottles & jars

Notebook paper

Copy paperIndex cards

Colored/neon paperPaper bagsCardboard

File foldersMagazines

Fruits & vegetables Napkins

Paper coffee cupsThin plasticsStraws & plastic utensils Greasy paper & cardboard

TissuesStyrofoam

Envelopes(tear off plastic)

Paper take-out boxes labeled “compostable”

(tear up)

Separate items made of different materials to prevent contamination

Remove food and liquids Recycle items the way you bought them

Printer paper

Dirty recyclables are trashed Do not crush cans or plastic

*Only white paper

*Leave lids on

Meat & dairy(no bones)

Grain products

Aerosol cans