Chattanooga State Community College

Acceptable in Recycle Bins

Cardbord​​
Mixed Paper
Paper Food Packaging (clean)
#1 plastic
#2 plastic
Aluminum Cans (empty & clean)
Steel Cans (empty & clean)

NOT Acceptable in Recycle Bins

Glass (for now)
Styrofoam
Plastic Bags
Batteries (may be recycled at the Physical Plant)
Ink Cartridges (may be recycled at the Physical Plant)

Recycling Bins Are Located In:

• Erlanger Health Science Center  (HSC)
• Center for Engineering, Technology, Arts & Sciences and WACKER Institute (CETAS)
• Bond Humanities Building (HUM)
• Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT)
• Instructional Materials Center, Kolwyck Library (IMC/KLIC)
• Branch Center for Advanced Technology (CAT)
• Albright OmniPlex Building (OMN)
• Starnes Student Center (SC)

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Plastic

It takes 500 years for average sized plastic water bottle to fully decompose. A single recycled plastic bottle saves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours. It also creates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than would be created when making a new bottle.

Aluminum

There is no limit to the number of times you can recycle an aluminum can. You can make 20 new cans from recycled material using the same amount of energy that it takes to make one brand new can.

Glass

Glass bottles take 4,000 years to decompose. Glass, like aluminum, is infinitely recyclable – without any loss in purity or quality.

Paper

Making new paper from recycled materials uses less energy than producing paper from virgin tree products and leaves more trees to absorb excess carbon dioxide. 2,000 pounds (one ton) of recycled paper helps to save over 350 gallons of oil, 17 trees, and a large portion of landfill space.

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