Paper and Cardboard

Acceptable

• White/colored paper
• White/colored envelopes with windows
• Booklets/manuals
• Fax/telex copy paper
• Greeting cards
• Adding machine tape
• NCR/carbonless forms
• Post-It notes
• Soft covered books with white pages
• Manila folders
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Telephone directories

Not Acceptable

• Paper with food waste on it
• Pizza boxes
• Lunch bags
• Coffee cups
• Cellophane (candy wrappers)
• Tissues
• Paper towels
• Carbon paper
• Brown/golden kraft envelopes

Some facts about Paper

• Making new paper from old paper uses 30-55% less energy than making paper from trees and reduces related air pollution by 95%
• Each day American businesses generate enough paper to circle the globe at least 40 times!
• Commercial and residential paper waste accounts for more than 40% of waste going to landfills.  Eliminating this paper from our waste would nearly double the lives of current landfills
• Newspaper can be recycled into newspaper, game boards, egg cartons, gift boxes, animal bedding, insulation and packaging material
• Office paper is recycled into office paper, tissue paper, paper towels, and toilet paper