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How to Recycle at Suffolk

Single Stream Recycling

All Suffolk-owned buildings have single stream recycling.  This means all recyclables can go in any recycling bin and do not have to be sorted.  During Fall 2010 Facilities is replacing bins and lids to facilitate single stream recycling. 

Remember to recycle:

Papers

  • Mixed Office Paper (any color, as well as staples)
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Mail (including windowed envelopes)
  • Paperboard (i.e. empty cereal boxes)

No napkins, tissues, tissue paper.

Cardboard

Corrugated cardboard boxes (thick brown material) should be flattened and set next to a recycling bin.

Glass, metal, and plastic

This includes:

  • EMPTY Metal Cans
  • EMPTY Glass Bottles (all colors)
  • EMPTY Plastic Containers

No foam.

Please note: Plastic plates, cups, and bowls may be recycled as long as they are free of food debris and liquid.  Example: black #6 plastic used at many events at Suffolk. 

  • Bang off the plate over the trash can to get rid of any excess food

and

  • Place the plate a recycling receptacle. 

Laser, Inkjet, and Toner Cartridges

Bring any used cartridges to the Mail Room near you for recycling.  Boxes are not necessary.  The collection boxes are located at the Mail Rooms in:

  • 73 Tremont

  • 150 Tremont

  • 10 West

  • Donahue

  • Miller Hall 

  • Sargent Hall

  • Sawyer.

Through a partnership with Roxbury Technology, Suffolk saves money and reduces environmental impact by having this local business collect and remanufacture the cartridges. 

Rechargeable Batteries & Cell Phones

For your convenience, a "Call2Recycle" collection box is available at the Mail Rooms in: 73 Tremont, Donahue, Sargent Hall, Sawyer, and the residence halls. 

Accepted items:

  • Cell Phones and
  • Rechargeable Batteries, including
    • Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd),
    • Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH),
    • Nickel Zinc (Ni-Zn),
    • Lithium Ion (Li-ion), and
    • Small Sealed Lead (Pb) batteries weighing up to 11 lbs.

The program does not accept alkaline (i.e. AA and AAA batteries), lithium, non-rechargeable, or wet-cell batteries.

Call2Recycle is administered by The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a non-profit, public service organization created by the rechargeable power industry and dedicated to the recycling of rechargeable batteries.

For more information about Call2Recycle, click here.  For inquiries, contact Tom Garafalo.

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Fill out a work order to have Facilities pick up your CFL light bulbs. They contain mercury and must be specially recycled.    

Techno Trash

Since January 2010, the following locations offer collection bins for Techno Trash, which includes CDs (and their boxes), DVDs, VHS tapes, cassettes, cables, and transparencies. 
  • 150 Tremont computer lab
  • Fenton computer lab
  • Miller Hall computer lab
  • Sargent Hall computer lab and
  • Sawyer Lounge.

Electronics

Fill out a Facilities work request for a pick-up of electronics that need to be recycled.  (Please note: Computers that no longer work need to be sent to ITS so information can be cleared before they can be recycled).  

Organics

Café kitchen staff at Suffolk have recycled organics since 2007.  Photos of the dining room program. 

Since January 2010, we have had a program in the Donahue Café for diners to recycle their compostable plates, cutlery, napkins, and food waste.  The materials are picked up by our recycling vendor and brought to an anaerobic digester to be turned into fertilizer.  This program expanded to the Miller Hall Café in fall 2010. 

New: In January 2011 organics recycling will be available to diners in the 150 Tremont Café and the Law School Café.

Plastic Bags

Click here to learn about how to reduce your plastic bag waste.

Other Types of Materials

These items can also be diverted from landfills:

  • furniture
  • art and school supplies
  • fabric
  • books

Email recycle@suffolk.edu for help arranging donations.