Mixed Paper

Envelopes (without plastic windows)

Computer Paper

Paper with staples

Glossy Paper and Magazines

Colored Paper

Lined Paper

Manila Folders

White Paper

Newspaper (if possible, newspaper should be placed in the "Newspaper" bin)

Newspaper Bin

Newspaper Only

Bottles and Cans Bin (rinse, remove caps)

Glass

Tin Foil

#1 and #2 Plastics

Tofu boxes (remove plastic covers)

Bottles

Cans

Aluminum

Cardboard Dumpster

Corrugated Cardboard Only

Cereal Box Bin

Thin, Non-Corrugated Cardboard

Soda/Beer Cases

Paperboard

Cereal Boxes

Mixed paper, Newspaper, Bottles and Cans

Blue bins in many buildings all around campus

Corrugated Cardboard (not waxed)

Campus Center loading dock

Hi-Rise

Clark

Butterfield A parking lot

Science Center loading dock

Cereal Boxes and Paperboard

Campus Center loading dock

WEShop service entrance

Hi-Rise

Lo-Rise

In-Town

Batteries

Science Center lobby

Hall-Atwater near Lawn Avenue entrance on ground floor

Recycling at Senior/Program Houses

Curbside recycling in houses is picked up once a week by the City of Middletown depending on house location.  Newspaper must be placed in brown bags or tied with string.  Mixed paper (including paperboard and newspaper) must be tied with string.  Large amounts of corrugated cardboard (flattened and cut to 2 ft. by 3 ft.) must be tied with string.  Pizza boxes cannot be recycled.  For more information, contact the Middletown Recycling Center at 344-3526. 

For more information, call x3788 or visit www.wesleyan.edu/recycling

E3 has started a house composting program this year in connection with the University, which has agreed to use the soil from the compost bins at the end of the year. If you are interested in getting a bin for your house (program or private), please contact e3@wesleyan.edu.

• Allowed—vegetables, fruits (no whole fruits or veggies), grains, coffee grinds, tea bags, leaves, grass clippings, wood chips, shredded newspaper, any nondairy, nonmeat, nonoily food

It is best to start the bin with a layer of "browns" that include dried leaves, shredded newspaper, or dried grass clippings. Put food waste ("greens"—with the exception of meat, dairy, and oil) in bin. If the compost is too wet or smells, add a layer of browns on top. You will get the best results from your compost if you aerate it once in a while with a stick or broom handle (just stick it down in the compost and make a hole in different places) and turn (stir) the compost occasionally as well. Other than that, let Mother Earth, heat, decomposition, chemical reactions, and, of course, worms, do the rest!