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What Can I Recycle?

Please dispose of recycables and trash items in their respective bins.  The following information will help you distinguish what materials are acceptable for Loyola's consumption reduction program.

Computers, Fax Machines, AV Materials and Other Electronics

  • Do not place in trash
  • Email the IT Help Desk HELPDESK@luc.edu
  • Provide details of equipment no longer in use
  • IT Staff Members will handle properly for recycling and end-of-life uses.
RECYCLE IT! LOYOLA NON-RECYCABLE ITEMS

PAPER                     

Brochures and flyers

All colors of office paper

File folders

Envelopes (all colors and windowed)

Glossy magazines, catalogs, telephone books

Junk mail

Newspaper and inserts

Cardboard, cereal boxes, paper towel rolls

Paper bags

Paper-back books

Paper cups                                                              

Food wrappers

Pizza boxes

Laminated paper and stickers

Paper towels, napkins, or tissues

Hard cover books

CANS, GLASS, PLASTICS

Aluminum and steel cans

Foil and pie tins

Glass bottles and jars

Milk, water, yogurt, detergent bottles, and other plastic containers #1-5 and # 7

Soda and juice bottles

Plastic bags, cups, and serving ware undefined

Food wrappers

# 6 plastics and styrofoam

BATTERIES

Single-use dry batteries from cell-phones, cameras, etc.

Look for specially marked battery collection canisters at both Lakeside campuses.

Lakeshore Campus Locations:

Damen Hall; Granada Center-2nd flr; Quinlan-1st floor main entrance; The Hub-Sullivan Center; Cudahy Library-1st floor vending machines; Mundelein Center-student lounge

Water Tower Campus Locations:

10 E. Pearson-Campus Safety; 25 E. Pearson-3rd, 6th, & 7th floors; 26 E. Pearson- 4th floor

 

Inkjet Printer Cartidges

Inkjet and printer/copier toner cartridges

Special collection boxes are located at both Lakeside campuses.

Lakeshore Campus Locations:

Damen Hall; Information Commons; The Hub-Sullivan Center

Water Tower Campus Locations:

Lewis Towers-4th & 5th floor lobby areas; One E. Pearson-3rd-5th floors; 10 E. Pearson- 1st floor; 16 E. Pearson-1st floor; 25 E. Pearson-3rd, 6th, 12th-14th floors; and 26 E. Pearson-3rd & 4th floors

SMALL ELECTRONICS

Cell phones, print cartridges, laptops/notebooks, digital cameras, print cartridges, and cordless house phones

Collection Bin Locations: 

  • CFSU near Bremmner Lounge
  • Damen Hall - main entrance

These items are collected and recycled by Recycling Avenue, an organization which helps provide job opportunities for the physically challenged.

Monitors, towers, printers, fax machines, and toner cartridges

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