Paper & Cardboard
How to Recycle It at OSU
There are 3 separate types of paper recycled at OSU. These
include white (or "high-grade") paper, mixed (or
"low-grade") paper, and newspaper. White and color paper no longer need to be sorted. The table below provides
examples as well as what type of recycling container to deposit the different
types in.
| Type |
Examples |
How to Recycle |
| Paper |
- White paper with staples or paper clips
- OSU letterhead with black or blue ink
- White envelopes without labels or stamps
- Computer print-out
- Color paper
- Construction or butcher paper
- Barometer & other newspapers
- OSU Schedule of Classes
- Tax booklets & pamphlets
- White & gray (paper) packing material
- Brown bags/packing material
- Paperboard (heavy, non-corrugated paper)
- Whole books
|
Place in the nearest orange/white recycling bagstand. |
| Cardboard |
- Corrugated cardboard
- Brown packing paper
- EMPTY pizza boxes are OK
- Brown paper bags
|
Place in the nearest cardboard cage. |
