Recycling at Northwest

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Students encouraged to reduce waste, help community during annual Big Green Move Out

As the academic year comes to an end and students move away for the summer, Northwest and the Maryville community partner to encourage students to "think green" during the annual Big Green Move Out before trashing belongings.

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Transformation of Pellet Plant to Recycling Center

A Northwest decision to restructure the way it collects recyclable materials is helping the University educate local residents about its recycling efforts while gaining efficiencies within its sustainability operations.

on campus recycling

Northwest provides more than 150 recycling stations on its campus, including inside every academic building. Paper and cardboard recycling bins are located throughout campus. Mixed recycling bins are located outside all residence halls. Most campus offices are equipped with bins for collecting recyclables.   

• Each office is responsible for bringing its paper to blue recycling trash containers located inside buildings.
• The blue bins located outside buildings by trash containers are for corrugated cardboard only. (white/brown)
• Recycling stations throughout buildings accept recycled paper, glass, tin and plastic. 
• Confidential items must be taken to the Recycling Center on Thursdays between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. to be shredded.

What Can I Recycle?

Cardboard (break down large boxes)

• Clean corrugated white and brown boxes
• Pizza boxes

Mixed paper (remove and discard metal binding from spiral notebooks)

• Clean white paper
• Mixed cardboard and paper
  • Junk mail
  • Magazines and catalogs
  • Newspaper
  • Paper egg cartons
  • Paper bags
  • Not corrugated boxes such as cereal and food boxes

Plastics: Accepted plastics are sorted into three categories. Check the number printed on the plastic and sort accordingly. Empty and remove lids. 

• #1 plastic (PET or PETE)
  • Most common use: drink containers, many food containers 
• #2 plastic (HDPE)
  • Most common use: milk jugs
• #2 colored plastic (HDPE)
  • Most common use: Soap and cleaner bottles, detergent bottles
• Not accepted at this time: Plastics classified as #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 or other

Glass: Bottles and jars only. Rinse containers, and remove and discard lids. 

Aluminum and tin

• Aluminum cans
• Clean aluminum pans
• Steel cans
• Tin cans

Confidential shredding: Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

TRUCK AND TRAILER PROJECT

Northwest received nearly $40,000 in funding from the Northwest Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.