The OSU Recycles program applies to work and study areas of campus.  This is a Dual-Stream program (paper/cardboard in one stream & bottles/cans in another stream). 

Unsure how to properly recycle in the OSU Recycles Program? Check out the video below where OSU's Sustainability Interns tell you how and why to recycle in the OSU Recycles (non-residential) campus program.

• Paper Recycling
  Place these materials inside white paper recycle boxes or other bins appropriately labeled found in hallways, foyers, computer labs, and copy rooms. 

  • Letterhead
  • Bond Paper
  • Copier paper
  • Notebook paper
  • Computer printer paper
    
  • Carbonless paper
  • White paper printed with colored ink
  • Colored paper 
  • Newspaper
  • Magazines, Journals
  • Brochures, catalogs
  • Junk mail
  • Envelopes (with and without plastic windows) 
  • Shredded white paper (place in clear bags next to the recycle box or other designated area)
  • Sprocket edges from form-feed paper (please bag with shredded paper)
  • Telephone books
  • Softcover books*
  • File folders
  • Glossy paper
  • Stapled paper
  • Flattened paperboard or chipboard (e.g. cereal box material)
  • Small pieces of flattened cardboard (take large pieces to outdoor green recycle cardboard dumpsters)
  • Staples may remain in paper (they are removed later by magnets during the re-pulping process)

  *Before recycling, share with friends and family or donate to the Stillwater Public Library.

• Bottle & Can Recycling
  Place these materials in the blue Dream Machine or other properly labeled bins found indoors and outdoors:

  • Aluminum cans (please empty before recycling)
  • #1 & #2 plastic bottles (please empty before recycling and screw cap back on)
• Cardboard Recycling
  Place these materials in the green outdoor dumpsters labeled Cardboard or wedge behind an indoor paper recycle bin (between the bin and the wall):

  • Flattened corrugated cardboard boxes
• Unacceptable Materials
  Do not include these materials in campus recycle bins:

  • Carbon paper, paper towels, tissues, soiled paper
  • Food wrappers or residuals
  • Paper or plastic cups, plates, trays
  • Disposable utensils
  • Greasy pizza boxes (clean sections are acceptable)
  • Expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) of any kind
  • Plastic bags or baggies
  • Glass of any kind