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Step 4 - Choose What to Collect

Look at your waste audit worksheet. What were the materials most often found in your trash? What materials are collected by recyclers in your market/collectors research? These two things should help you decide what to collect.

Begin by only collecting a few items. The program can be expanded to accept more recyclables when you are ready. Realize that you can't recycle everything.

Most commonly recycled material from schools include:

Aluminum cans

White paper (notebook, computer, office, copy)

Corrugated cardboard

Newspapers

Steel (tin) food cans

Mixed paper ( colored paper, construction paper)

Glass bottles and jars

Plastic six pack rings *

Some plastic containers

Used motor oil in shop area

*ITW Hi-Cone the maker of plastic six pack rings sponsors the "ring leader recycling program" to collect and recycle plastic six pack rings. Contact them at ITW Hi-Cone, Ring Leader Recycling Program, 1140 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Itasca, Illinois 60143-9989