What you can and can't recycle at HBS

What can and cannot be recycled depends on the recycling plant to which your recyclables are being sent. If you live in SFP, OWA, or on campus, the following recycling cheat sheets apply to you. If you live off campus, check out the City of Cambridge or Allston website at http://www.cambridgema.gov/ or
www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/recycling.

**Remember HBS offers Single Stream Recycling- meaning all recyclables can be recycled together in the same bin (plastics, paper, metals, glass, cardboard)!

Put these in your Recycle Bin
Aerosol cans
Aluminum foil
Books
Bottles
Cans (drinks, food)
Shaving cream containers
Cardboard
Cartons
Catalogs
Clamshells
Jars & jugs
Juice boxes
Junk mail
Magazines
Newspaper
Notebooks
Paper bags
Plastic cups
Plastic plates
Paper
(Items must have very minimal food and beverage residue. All plastics must be labeled with a recycling symbol and #1-7.)

Do NOT put in Recycle Bin
Coffee cups
Glass items other than jars/bottles
Metal items other than cans/foil
Napkins
Paper plates/cups
Paper towels
Pizza boxes
Plastic bags
Plastic film
Plastic utensils
Styrofoam
Tissues
Wax paper
Wax-lined cardboard
Greasy pizza boxes

Give these a special push

Batteries:
Dorms: Drop off in Rock Mail Room.
SFP/OWA: Bring to Management Office, 2 Soldiers Field Park

Cell Phones & Handhelds (ex. PDAs):
Dorms: Bring to Rock Mail Room.
SFP/OWA: Bring to Management Office, 2 Soldiers Field Park

CFLs:
Dorms: leave in a bag outside your room marked “recycle”
SFP/OWA: Bring to Management Office, 2 Soldiers Field Park

Computers:
Dorms: Call HBS Operations, 617-495-6811.
SFP/OWA: Bring to Management Office, 2 Soldiers Field Park

Inkjet Printer Cartridges: Bring into Staples and receive a $3 refund.

Plastic bags: “Bag caddy” in the dorm laundry rooms or collect them in your room and bring them back to the grocery store’s bin (and avoid using it in the first place – bring your own bag!