It's easy. All you have to do is put your recyclable material in the blue recycle bins located in common areas such as near printers or copiers.  The custodians collect the items separately from the trash daily for processing. 

Recycling saves the state money. 

The Recycling Program operates on a cost recovery basis.  Items that are thrown away are eliminated from the waste stream and the landfill, reducing the cost of waste collection.

The program recycles about ten tons of single stream recycling each day equivalent to approx. 2200 tons annually.

Recycling is good for the environment.

In addition to saving 24,000 yards of landfill during the last four fiscal years, the program has saved approximately:

• 170,000 trees
• 51,000,000 gallons of water
• 660,000 gallons of oil
• Electricity to power 730 homes for 6 months

What items can be recycled through the Single Stream Recycling bins?

 Acceptable Items in the Single Stream Recycling Bin

•  Adding machine tape

• All white and colored paper

• Paper ream wrappers

• Brochures & pamphlets

• Cardboard & paperboard boxes

• Envelopes (even with plastic windows or labels)

• Folders -- manila, coated, colored, even if they have plastic tabs or metal strips

• Junk mail, direct mail, etc.

• Legal pads, steno pads, & spiral notebooks

• Magazines

• Manuals with glue bindings

• Newspapers, including the inserts

• Posters

• Receipts

• Scratch, message and memo pads (Post-it Notes®)

• Soft cover books

• Plastic Bottles & Aluminum Cans

• Rigid Plastic with the exception of #3

• Note: Staples and paperclips DO NOT have to be removed

Items that may not be recycled.  

• Paper towels and tissues

• Kitchen and food waste (paper plates, cups, and food wrappers)

• Carbon Paper

• Hard cover books

• Tear resistant papers (example, flimsy Federal Express envelopes)

• Glass

• Pressure sensitive adhesive (crack and peel labels)

• Styrofoam