How to Recycle at Suffolk

Paper goes in blue bins

This includes:

• Mixed Office Paper (any color, as well as staples and paperclips)
• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Mail (including windowed envelopes)
• Paperboard (i.e. empty cereal boxes)

Cardboard

Corrugated cardboard boxes (thick brown material) should be flattened and set next to blue bins

Glass, metal, and plastic items go in the gray containers with green lids

This includes:

• EMPTY Metal Cans
• EMPTY Glass Bottles (all colors)
• EMPTY Plastic Containers

Please note: Plastic plates, cups, and bowls may be recycled as long as they are free of food debris and liquid.  Example: black #6 plastic used at many events at Suffolk. 

• Bang off the plate over the trash can to get rid of any excess food

and

• Place the plate in the recycling receptacle with the green lid.

Laser, Inkjet, and Toner Cartridges

As of Summer 2009, if you do not have a box in which to send the product back to the manufacturer for recycling, there is a cartridge recycling box now available in Mail Services in 73 Tremont, Donahue, Sargent Hall, and Sawyer.  Through a partnership with Roxbury Technology, Suffolk saves money and reduces environmental impact while contributing to this local business that remanufactures cartridges.  Simply drop off your used cartridges for recycling. 

Batteries & Cell Phones

As of Summer 2009, a "Call2Recycle" drop-off box is available in the Mail Services in 73 Tremont, Donahue, Sargent Hall, and Sawyer. 

Accepted items:

• Cell Phones and
• Rechargeable Batteries, including
  • Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd),
  • Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH),
  • Nickel Zinc (Ni-Zn),
  • Lithium Ion (Li-ion), and
  • Small Sealed Lead (Pb) batteries weighing up to 11 lbs.

The program does not accept alkaline (i.e. AA and AAA batteries), lithium, non-rechargeable, or wet-cell batteries.

Call2Recycle is administered by The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a non-profit, public service organization created by the rechargeable power industry and dedicated to the recycling of rechargeable batteries.

For more information about Call2Recycle, click here.  For inquiries, contact Tom Garafalo.

 

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Fill out a work order to have Facilities pick up your CFL light bulbs. They contain mercury and must be specially recycled.

 

Electronics

Contact Facilities for a pick-up of electronics that need to be recycled.  This includes items such as printers and fax machines.  (Please note: Computers that no longer work need to be sent to ITS so information can be cleared before they can be recycled).

 

Other Types of Materials

These items can also be diverted from landfills:

• furniture
• art and school supplies
• fabric
• books

Email recycle@suffolk.edu for help arranging donations.