RECYCLING ON CAMPUS
PLASTICS
Plastic water bottles and plastic jugs Soda bottles and yogurt containers Shampoo bottles, Detergent bottles
PAPER
Recycle newspaper, envelopes, office paper, junk mail, brochures, magazines, greeting cards and file folders. Shredded paper should be put in a paper bag.
METALS
Aluminum cans, tin food cans, scrap metal, clean aluminum foil
GLASS BOTTLES
Mines only recycles glass bottles and jars.
Cardboard recycling
Boxes and ream wrappers, file folders, poster board, frozen food boxes, milk cartons. You can recycle pizza boxes if they are not too greasy. Empty food first!
For more details about recycling, see Republic Services Recycling Guide.
DO NOT RECYCLE:
- Plastic bags and plastic film
- Plastic Food Wrappers
- Plastic without Numbers
- Greasy Food Containers
- Food or Liquid Waste
- Yard Waste
- Construction Debris
- Scrap Metal
- Hazardous Waste
- Electronics Cables or Batteries
- Diapers
- Tissue
- Bio-hazardous Waste
- Light Bulbs
- Ceramics Dishes or Mirrors
- Hoses
- Toys Clothes Shoes
- Tools
- Plastic Straws
- Styrofoam
- To-Go Lids
- Holiday Decorations
- Hardback Books
Visit the City of Golden’s webpage for Hard-to-Recycle Items.
Batteries – Alkaline batteries (A, AA, C, D) can be recycled at the EHS office. Submit a workorder to EHS for other battery types (lead acid, etc.)
Toner cartridges – A toner cartridge recycling box is located on the loading dock of Marquez hall.
Plastic film/block Styrofoam – Labs and offices can recycle plastic film and white block Styrofoam (#6 only) in the basement of Coolbaugh hall near the Chem Store.
For Mines owned surplus property, visit our Surplus Property page.