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UNH Recycles!   Non‐Acceptable  And More……….

 
WHAT CAN’T BE WHAT DOESN’T GO IN
 
WHAT CAN BE
RECYCLED ON CAMPUS? RECYCLED ON CAMPUS? THE TRASH?
Paper: (Clean & Dry)         Paper:  Toner Cartridges: 
Newspaper, Magazines, Phonebooks, Old Waxed Paper, Soiled Paper, Used Tissues, We recycle used and empty toner and ink
Mail, Greeting Cards, Flyers, Brochures, Plastic, Wood or Metal, Dirt or Other Trash jet cartridges. Either send them to the UNH
Catalogues, Folders, Old Financial Plastic Bags Recycling Center through the campus mail
Statements, Paper Bags Soft Cover Books. or call 862-3100 to arrange a pickup.
       Containers:   Transparencies: 
Paperboard: (Mixed with Paper)  Plastic: Plastic Grocery Bags, Sandwich
Cereal, Rice, Cracker, Pasta, Shoe Boxes Bags ▪ 5 Gallon Pails Lids and Caps ▪ Used transparencies can be sent to the
Paper Towel Rolls, Writing Pad Backs Plastic Silverware ▪ Needles ▪ Brittle Dairy 3M™ Transparency Film Recycling
Food and Pizza Boxes (discard liners) Food Containers ▪ No Container that Program at the following address:
3M Recycle Program
Does it tear? Is it clean? Then recycle it...   Previously Held a Hazardous Material.
Glass: Heat Resistant Ovenware ▪ Light
c/o Gemark
99 Stevens Lane
Bulbs ▪ Mirror and Windowpane Glass. Exeter, PA 18643
Containers:   Metals: Paint Cans, Gas Cans, or any For more info, go to www.3m.com
container that had previously contained a
hazardous or toxic material. Incandescent and Compact 
Plastic: & Plastics ▪ Soft Drinks
and Liquor Bottles ▪ Milk, Water, and Juice
       Packaging:   Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs): 
Containers ▪ Laundry, Bleach, and Place your burnt out bulbs in a box, tape
Cleaning Containers. Waxed cardboard or styrofoam
the top and label “Universal Waste”. Call
Glass: Clear, Brown, Green and Blue the Office of Environmental Health and
Glass ▪ Food and Beverage Containers ▪ Safety 862-4041.
Ceramic Cups and Plates ▪ Drinking QUESTIONS? If you have a broken CFL bulb call
Facilities 862-1437.
Glasses.
Metals: Aluminum Cans (Soft Drink, Juice
Still have questions? Go to 
and other Beverage Cans) ▪ Steel (Tin, sustainableunh.unh.edu/wastemanagement.html 
Sustainable YouNH: It’s your
Office of Environmental Health 
Soup Cans, and Metal Jar Lids) ▪
Aluminum Pie Tins and Foil ▪ Aerosol Cans University. Be part of the solution. and Safety: 
(EMPTY) (Non-Paint or pesticide). Call the Office of Environmental Health and
 
More Recycling Programs to come:  Safety 862-4041, if you have the following
Styrofoam packing peanuts, Alkaline items: Pesticides, Thermostats,
 Corrugated Cardboard:  Batteries, TYVEK Mailers, CDs, Diskettes, Computers, Electronic Equipment,
Any Clean Broken-Down “Waffled” Cell Phones, Wood, and Bicycles. Appliances, Photographic Fluid,
Cardboard Box. Automobile Fluids/Batteries.

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