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Recyclable Materials

 

Georgia Tech provides the campus community with many opportunities to recycle a variety of materials.  The following is a list of the materials that are currently recycled:

     Mixed Paper - Includes catalogs, white office paper, magazines, junk mail, newspapers, computer paper, colored office paper (staples and paper clips do not have to be removed).

     Aluminum Cans

     Plastic Bottles - 1 or 2 (milk cartons, soda bottles, etc.); look on the bottom of the containers for the number 1 or 2 in a triangle. Plastic bottles must be dropped off at the locations listed on the summary table below.

     Newspaper

     Cardboard: Flattened, corrugated (no wax-sealed, or food-contaminated material).

No pizza boxes!

     Glass: Clear, brown, and green - rinse the container and remove the lid.

   Magazines

     Campus Directories:Collected in Academic and Support Buildings each January and February.

     Special Items: 
If you have any of these Items contact the Office of Recycling.

Automobile Batteries
Brass
Copper
Mixed Metals
Pallets
Scrap Wire
Tires
Transparencies
Tyvek Envelopes
Used Oil

Summary of recycleable materials:

 
  General Campus
Satellites
Academic & Support Buildings

Residence Halls

Main Drop-off Sites
Mixed Office Paper  
X
X
X
Aluminum Cans
X
X
X
X
Plastic Bottles (1&2)
X
 
X
X
Newspaper
X
 
X
X
Corrugated Cardboard      
X
Glass (clear, green, brown)      
X
Magazines      
X
Campus Directories*  
X
   

*Campus directory collection program is seasonal and runs during January and February only.
For a complete report of all materials recycled at Georgia Tech please go to Recycling Statistics.

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