LU Staff Recycling Handbook



Lewis University is in its second year of the new “Our Campus Our Earth” recycling program. The program was launched through a $60,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

From Nov. 2007 to March 2008, the university achieved the following environmental benefits:

  • Saved 1,463 Tree seedlings grown for 10 years
  • Saved 712 Million BTUs of energy use
  • Saved 123 Barrels of oil
  • Saved 5,729 gallons of gasoline
  • Kept 10 passenger cars off the road
  • Reduced car emissions by 52 Tons/Year of CO2

To keep increasing the environmental benefits all staff and students need to be diligent about recycling!

Please recycle your bottles and cans and paper in the large gray Centralized Recycling/Waste Units in the following areas:

  • Charlie’s Place
  • Flyer’s Den
  • Common Grounds
  • Courtyard Café

Also, please recycle your bottles and cans and paper in the numerous blue Centralized Recycling/Waste Units stationed in:

  • Twenty-five buildings around campus

NOTE: All the bottles, cans and paper are combined in the Recycling slots and trash goes in the Garbage/Trash slot.

Each staff member has a red recycling bin under his or her desk for recycling paper. Sodexho staff empty the recycling bins into the Centralized Recycling/Waste Units each day. Please put cans and bottles in the centralized units.

What Can Be Recycled?

  • Glass: empty bottles and jars
  • Aluminum and steel: empty bottles and cans
  • Plastics: empty jugs and bottles with a #1 or #2 inside a triangle with arrows (triangle on
    bottom of container)
  • Paper: any type of paper (exceptions listed below)
  • Other: Printer and Toner Cartridges (drop off at Shipping and Receiving)
  • Batteries (drop off at Facilities Dept.)

What Can’t Be Recycled?

  • NO toweling or tissues NO blueprint paper NO photos NO plastic covers
  • NO wax coated paper NO carbon paper NO microfiche NO plastic bags

If you have questions, please call ext. 5404.

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