This week’s Quick Tip!
Two percent of the world’s supply of oil is turned into water bottles!
As few as 20 percent of water bottles are recycled,
and by law they cannot be turned into more water bottles
as they are considered contaminated by human contact.
Try drinking tap water – out of a reusable bottle or pitcher. Buy a water filter if it makes you feel better.
Do you know what’s in bottled water?
The contents of at least 40% are just municipal tap water, which may or may not be treated or filtered.
The exact source of the water or its chemical content is not required to be placed on the label!
Do you know who checks the quality of bottled water?
The EPA verifies the quality of tap water supplied by municipalities across America.
The FDA oversees bottled water, but only from out-of-state sources.
The FDA requires bottlers to test for contaminants, but considers bottled water at lower risk than other products,
and inspects water-bottling plants less frequently than others.
The FDA only inspects 1 in 1 million bottles of water sold in stores.
Which do you think is safest to drink, bottled water or tap water?
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Recycling Guidelines
Academic/Office Buildings | Residence Halls
The quality of recycled materials is as important as the quantity!
Administrative Offices & Academic Buildings
All Clean Paper
Blue Bins: Located in Offices and Classrooms
- All types of white/colored paper: copier, printer, computer, fax, junk mail, pamphlets
- All types of envelopes: white, brown, including ones with plastic windows –
No Tyvek or padded mailers, please!
- Printer/copier paper wrappers, manila folders, carbonless forms
- Books: paperback and hardcover, including the covers; phone books OK
- Newsprint; Magazines, catalogs, brochures
- No napkins, paper cups/plates, or other soiled items, please!
- Staples and paper clips are OK
All Cardboard & Paperboard
Next to Blue Bins: Located in Offices and Classrooms
- Corrugated cardboard and boxes – Flatten
- Paperboard boxes: cereal, tissue, etc. – Discard plastic liners and flatten
- Pizza boxes are accepted if empty!
All Clean Recyclable Containers
Labeled Containers or next to Blue Bins: Located in Office and Classroom Buildings
- Metal Cans: Beverage, food, aerosol, etc.
- Glass Bottles & Jars: Beverage, food, etc.
- Clear, brown, and green-colored glass only!
- Discard caps, rinse out, labels OK!
- No bulbs or broken glass, please!
- Plastic: Bottles, takeout containers from Lackmann, etc.
labeled 1 and 2 only
- Discard caps, rinse out!
- No items labeled 3-7, please!
- Gable-top cartons and drink-boxes: milk, juice, etc.
- Rinse out, discard straws!
- No paint, pesticides, solvents, please!
Residence Halls
All Clean Paper
Beige, Wood-Grain Containers/Blue Bins: Located in Lounges/Classrooms
- All types of white/colored paper: copier, printer, computer, fax, junk mail, pamphlets
- All types of envelopes: white, brown, including ones with plastic windows –No Tyvek or padded mailers, please!
- Printer/copier paper wrappers, manila folders, carbonless forms
- Books: paperback and hardcover, including the covers
- Newsprint; Magazines, catalogs, brochures
- No napkins, paper cups/plates, or other soiled items, please!
- Staples and paper clips are OK
All Cardboard & Paperboard
Green, Yellow Dumpsters with slits in sides: Located Outside Buildings
- Corrugated cardboard and boxes – Flatten
- Paperboard boxes: cereal, tissue, etc. – Discard plastic liners and flatten
- Pizza boxes are accepted if empty!
All Clean Recyclable Containers
Labeled Containers: Located on all Residence Hall Floors and in Kitchens
- Metal Cans: Beverage, food, aerosol, etc.
- Glass Bottles & Jars: Beverage, food, etc.
- Clear, brown, and green-colored glass only!
- Discard caps, rinse out, labels OK!
- No bulbs or broken glass, please!
- Plastic: Bottles, takeout containers from Lackmann, etc.
labeled 1 and 2 only
- Discard caps, rinse out!
- No items labeled 3-7, please!
- Plastic Laundry Detergent and Gallon Milk Containers
- Discard caps, rinse out, flatten, and place in large totes in laundry rooms.
- Gable-top cartons and drink-boxes: milk, juice, etc.
- Rinse out, discard straws!
- No paint, pesticides, solvents, please!
Housekeeping will empty recycling bins when full.
Recycling bin contents that are contaminated with waste must be trashed!
- If you have questions or concerns, please call Facilities, x8256; email: lwernert@sjfc.edu.
- To reduce Junk Mail, call 1-800-353-0809.
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