Waste Reduction & Recycling

Did you know 27% of what people put in the garbage can be recycled?

Recycling conserves natural resources, saves energy, creates jobs, and keeps garbage disposal fees low. Recycling helps our community!

Heartland offers a variety of ways for people to help reduce waste on campus:

Printer cartridge and battery recycling
Double-sided printing defaults
Electronic recycling

Single Stream Recycling

What is single stream recycling? It means no more sorting! All standard recyclables go in the same blue bin. Heartland implemented single stream recycling in April 2013.

Here’s what you can recycle in any blue bin on campus:

Recyclable Items
Paper	Cardboard	Glass	Metal	Plastic
Newspaper Magazines Copy & office paper Mail & envelopes Hard & soft covered books Brown paper bags Shredded paper (placed in a plastic bag)	Frozen food boxes Corrugated cardboard Paperboard boxes	Beverage containers Jars Clear glass Blue glass Brown glass Green glass	Aluminum cans Aluminum foil Steel cans Tin containers Aerosol cans	Water bottles Soda bottles Clear & colored plastic (#'s 1-5 & 7) Yogurt containers

Here’s what you cannot recycle in blue bins:

Greasy/soiled paper items (e.g., pizza boxes with grease stains, paper towels used to clean up a mess)
Plastic shopping bags (please drop off at a local grocery store for proper recycling)
#6 Plastic
Styrofoam