Recycling Basics

We Recycle:

Paper

Cardboard

Plastics Numbered 1-7

Glass

Metal

Additional Materials (Clothes, Electronics..)

Trash/Materials That Should Not Be Placed in Recycling Bins:

Styrofoam

Unnumbered Plastic

To Go Containers 

Paper Coffee Cups

Paper products with food waste

Food & Liquids 

Learn more about what to recycle.

Recycling & Waste

 Recyclebobjects
Update: "Give & Go" launched to reduce move out waste. Donation locations open May 1-May 18 2009. 
 
Use Less, Recycle the Rest 
 
We are working to decrease the tons of waste leaving campus and improving the recycling rate. To create a more sustainable campus we have to reduce, and reuse even before we recycle.

All Together Now

Brandeis changed to a method of recycling collection called Single Stream Recycling in Fall 2008. One single container can be used.Learn How to Recycle.

Where Does it Go? 

Did you know that waste from dining hall locations are taken to a commercial composting facility called WeCare?  The complete journey of waste at Brandeis is documented  in a  Justice article by Benjamin Terris '08.An update to the article: Recyclables are now brought to Casella Waste Systems Single Stream Facility in Auburn, MA.Read the Article.The Wasteland: From incinerators to compost digesters

E-mail recycle@brandeis.edu if you need additional bins, notice recycling issues, or have suggestions.