SUSTAINABILITY:

2. SUSTAINABILITY: • Meeting current social and economic needs without compromising environmental resources for future generations. • Recycling is a visible part of being sustainable. Participation is recycling is a building block for promoting sustainable development on campus.

3. Do you recycle already? How many of you recycle at home? Rules Change: • Every place has slightly different rules and restrictions for recycling. • As recycling technology evolves, the system for recycling also changes. I want to clarify current rules for recycling at SLU.

4. Steps in the Single-Stream Recycling Process 1 Recycling is collected in blue receptacles with blue liners. 2 Blue bags of recycling go into a dumpster with a yellow lid. 3 Waste Management empties the dumpster and delivers the contents to a RockTenn Recycling Center. Local Recycling Center Locations 4 RockTenn recycles SLU’s paper, metal, plastic and glass. 03/2013

5. What fills the blue bins? What goes in landfill trash? PAPER FOOD METAL LIQUIDS PLASTIC STYROFOAM GLASS

6. For you to keep:

7. PAPER • If you can tear it, you can recycle it. • Cardboard is a type of paper. • Even if it’s wet from water or a little soiled, you can recycle it. A little bit of food is ok. Like a greasy pizza box can be recycled!

8. PLASTIC • Look for the stamp. • SLU collects all # 1-7 (no styrofoam). • Lids can stay on. • Don’t have to be rinsed, just empty. Done with that yogurt cup? No need to clean it, just recycle it!

9. METAL GLASS • Should be almost or completely empty. • Lids can stay on. • They do not have to be rinsed, just empty.

10. Recyclables don’t have to be perfect to get recycled. • If you’ve used it up, you can toss it in. • But, food, liquid and trash should be less than 5%. • Too much trash in the recycling contaminates it and forces us to send the whole batch to the landfill.

11. Common reasons to Recycle: • Less harmful to the planet + human health • Protects trees, ecosystems, and animals • Less air, water, and soil pollution • Conserves resources • Keeps valuable, non-renewable resources usable • Creates more jobs than landfilling • Saves money: more cost effective than landfilling $$ $$$ Recycling removal costs less.

12. Recycle to save money. • Removing trash from campus costs 33% more than removing recycling.* • Therefore, throwing recyclables into the trash is like tossing money into a landfill. • The more we maximize our recycling potential, the more money we can save and divert from landfills to other money and resource-saving sustainability initiatives on campus. Since SLU has introduced single-stream recycling, waste collection costs have been slashed by 18%, saving tens of thousands of dollars annually. $$$ $$ Recycling removal costs less. *33% is an approximation

13. Our goal is to reach 30% in 2014! 7.9% Diversion Rate 9.5% Diversion Rate 12.1% Diversion Rate 14.3% Diversion Rate

14. Remember: When it comes to recycling… • Collect paper, metal, plastic, and glass together in the same containers • Put food, liquids, and styrofoam in the trash. • Put recycling into dumpsters with yellow lids. • Place a FAMIS work order (K:Recycling) to request pickups for electronics or appliances as these are recycled separately as “e-waste.” • Contact us with questions or concerns: greenbilliken@slu.edu.