Aerosol cans: Pull off the plastic cap and empty the canister completely before putting it in the green-topped recycling bins around campus or the green-topped outdoor bins. Aluminum cans: Put them in the green-topped recycling bins all over campus, or in the green outdoor bins.
	Backpacks: Check out the American Birding Association to donate your old backpack. Batteries: The specialty recycling dock in the Union (near the Mail Center) accepts used batteries. Recycling them keeps hazardous metals out of landfills. Beach balls: Donate it to a thrift store or a children's charity,  if it's still usable! Books:  Remove hard covers and recycle the pages. Or, sell it back to Davidson or on Amazon.
	Cardboard: Corrugated cardboard can be broken down and left next to any paper recycling bin. Don't put it inside the bin! Cars: If it's totaled, try junkmycar.com, which will pick up your car and recycle or reuse parts and metal. Cell Phones: Fewer than 20% of phones are recycled! The Wireless Foundation rehabilitates old phones, as does recyclewirelessphones.com. Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs): These contain low levels of mercury, so don't throw them in the trash! Call or email the work order desk (x2595) to have it removed or take it to Home Depot. Computers: Check with ITS; they can reuse and recycle old computers, as can Next Step Recycling.
	DVDs, CDs, Jewel cases:Swap your old CDs for new ones at zunafish.com or send them to greendisk.com to get recycled.
	Empty metal cans: Rinse out the food and put them in the green-topped recycling bins around campus or the green outdoor bins. Eye glasses: Many charities and eye-care facilities accept old glasses and refurbish them to donate to charity.
	Food processors: If an appliance is at least 50% metal, it can be recycled (most are 75% steel)!
	Gadgets: PDAs, iPods, etc., have recyclable and reusable parts. Go to Recycle for Breast Cancer to find out how. Glass: Rinse out glass containers, trash the tops, and put the glass into the green-topped recycling bins around campus or the green outdoor bins. Glue:elmersgluecrew.com has information about recycling empty glue bottles and sticks. Glue strips: You know, the sticky stuff in magazines that keep the perfume page closed—they jam recycling machines! Please throw them out before recycling the magazine.
	Hangers: Take your wire hangers to the laundry service, and they’ll reuse them. Back to top
	iPods:Bring an old iPod back to the Apple store and get 10% off a new one! Ink cartridges: Toss them in the specialty recycling dock in the Union near the Mail Center.
	Jam jars: Glass jars, like jam jars, are recyclable; just be sure to rinse them out before you put them in the green-topped recycling bins around campus. Junk mail: Recycle it! Also check out the Do Not Mail campaign.
	Keys and nail clippers: scrap metal
	Leather goods: Get them fixed or take them to a thrift store, so they can have a second life.
	Makeup:Try MAC, SpaRitual, and Josie Maran Cosmetics for product lines that can be recycled or returned to the company for recycling. Back to top
	Nikes and other sneakers: Nike's Reuse-a-Shoe program accepts any brand of old sneakers and recycles them into courts, where children around the world can play sports. Notebooks (spiral): Throw the whole thing into the blue-topped recycling bins around campus; the machinery will pull out small non-paper items like spiral binding.
	Office Envelopes:Recycle these:envelopes with plastic windows, paper FedEx envelopes, Jiffy Paks (paper padded envelopes). Don't recycle these:envelopes padded with bubble wrap, "goldenrod"colored envelopes (mustard-colored), which are made with dyes that are hard to remove and can't be recycled.
	Packing materials: Styrofoam and bubble wrap cannot be recycled. Some companies have started to ship with paper-based packing materials, which can be recycled. Paper: Put dry paper in the green-topped recycling bins around campus. Plastic bottles: Trash the tops and throw them in the blue-topped recycling bins around campus or the green outdoor bins. Plastic grocery bags: These can be recycled in the specialty recycling dock in the Union near the Mail Center. Phone books: Check the Yellow Pages Web site for details on how to recycle these. Pizza boxes: These can't be recycled because they have grease on them. Trash 'em. Plastic wrap (used): It can't be recycled because the cost of decontamination is too high.
	Quilts: Old quilts, bed sheets, comforters, and blankets can be taken to Goodwill, the Habitat ReStore, or the Salvation Army. Some animal shelters will also take them to use as bedding.
	Recreational equipment: It can't be recycled, but it can be reused. Take it to Goodwill, the Habitat ReStore, or the Clothing and Furniture Drive at the end of the school year. Rugs: Take them to Goodwill, the Habitat ReStore, or the Clothing and Furniture Drive at the end of the school year.
	Staples: Staples don't need to be removed from documents before recycling them. Sticky notes: The sticky stuff gets filtered out during processing, so recycle these in any blue-topped recycling bin on campus. Soap dispensers: Most plastic ones are recyclable. Give them a rinse and toss them in with the plastics. Stereos: Electronic equipment like stereos can go to Goodwill, the Habitat ReStore, the Clothing and Furniture Drive at the end of spring semester, or check Earth 911 for a list of places that will recycle them.
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	Take-out containers: Most are not recyclable; reuse or throw them in the trash. Tin foil: It's recyclable if it's clean, so wipe it off with a damp sponge before tossing it in with the aluminum cans. Tires: Most of the time you can leave them with the folks who put on your new tires. Check to make sure they'll be recycled. Tissue boxes: The plastic film on the top will be filtered out during recycling, so break them down and put them with the paper. Toothpaste tubes: The metal tubes can be recycled, even with some lingering toothpaste inside. TVs:Office Depot will recycle them if you drop them off. Or take it to Goodwill, the Habitat ReStore, or the Clothing and Furniture Drive at the end of the year.
	Utensils (plastic): Not recyclable, bummer. That's why the Union Café switched to compostable utensils!
	Video tapes: Send them to ACT Recycling, where they will be cleaned, erased, and re-purposed. Same goes for cassettes and floppy disks.
	Wine corks: Wine Cork Recycling (Yemm & Hart Ltd., 610 South Chamber Drive, Fredericktown MO 63645) turns natural corks into flooring and wall tiles. Synthetic corks cannot be recycled.
	Xmas lights: Ship old lights to Holiday LEDs and get a coupon for 10% off the company's LED lights, which use 80% less energy and will last up to 10 years. Ace Hardware accepts them, too.
	Yogurt cups: Many towns don’t recycle these because they’re made of a plastic that can’t be processed with other plastics. But Stonyfield Farm has launched a program that turns its cups into toothbrushes, razors, and other products.
	Zippered plastic storage bags: If they're clean, dry, and the zipper has been cut off, they can go in with the plastic grocery bags at the specialty recycling dock in the Union, near the Mail Center. Back to top