Single Sort Recycling at the College

MESA, the Madison College Sustainability Alliance System Integration Council, wants to remind you at the start of the semester to please continue to recycle! You may notice the new recycling and landfill containers at the College, which assist you in sorting out items to be recycled from items that go to the landfill. Across the District, we have Single Sort Recycling which means that all recyclables go into one container. Generally, these containers are blue in each classroom and office. Recycling containers in the hallways and café areas are marked as recycling. Outside trash containers are also marked for recycling.

Single stream recycling brings together a number of materials to be recycled including: plastic, glass, aluminum, tin and paper. This makes it easier for us since we can put all of these types of materials into one container. This reduces the need for separate containers for each type of item and makes it easier for custodial staff in collecting these items. All materials are sorted afterwards into their raw material base.

Remember, Madison College “blue” recycling bins in classrooms and offices are single stream recycling containers. Therefore, you can recycle such things as office paper, newspapers, magazines and journals, plastic bottles, glass, aluminum foil or aluminum cans and tin cans right in your office or classroom. Please do not throw paper towels, napkins, facial tissues, or other soiled items into the recycling, otherwise, the entire contents of the container must be disposed of. If there isn’t a blue recycling bin in the classroom, please contact Facilities for a container.

A complete listing of the items that can be recycled can be found here.

Questions?
Please contact nmeyer[at] matcmadsion [dot] edu (Nancy Meyer) at (608) 243-4048.