Waste Reduction

Single-sort Recycling is a system the University of New England adopted that allows us to recycle more than ever. You can put paper, glass, metal, and plastics in one bin. 查看可以放入绿色单分类回收箱的完整清单

The university is investing the revenue generated by the bottles and cans into the recycling program. Those 5 cents may not seem like a lot, but they add up to make sure we can keep our waste disposal as environmentally friendly as possible.

Single-sort recycling saves time. 校园里产生的大部分垃圾都是可回收的, 有助减少新大学的废物及减少我们的碳足迹. For information on your personal carbon footprint, visit The Nature Conservancy's Carbon Footprint Calculator.

Light bulbs, hypodermic needles, sharp objects, bubble wrap, food, styrofoam packaging and peanuts, food bags, diapers, potato chip bags, 其他不可回收的垃圾不能进行单分类回收. View the full list of what can go in the green recycling bins

No. Only shredded paper should be bagged. Ecomaine的分拣设备会被一袋袋的可回收物堵塞. 装满的塑料袋被认为是垃圾，会被扔进垃圾箱. Shredded paper in clear plastic bags is recognized when the recyclable material is dumped on the floor of the recycling center and pulled out with hooks and brought directly to the paper recycling station.

瓦楞纸板可以在任何标有“仅限纸板”的垃圾箱中回收." On the Portland Campus, 亚历山大大厅和布莱维特大厅后面都有纸板垃圾箱. 在比德福德校区，香普兰大厅附近有纸板垃圾箱, behind the Campus Center, past Sokokis Hall near the compactor, in the lower Morgane Hall parking lot, behind Facilities Management by the mailroom, behind Decary Hall, and behind Stella Maris Hall.

Because fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury, all fluorescent bulbs on campus must be recycled. 永远不要把荧光灯扔进垃圾桶或垃圾箱.

通常，校园内的萤光灯泡会由设施管理处更换。. FM has fluorescent bulb accumulation points on each campus. When they change your bulb, they save the bulbs for recycling.

To have fluorescent bulbs picked up for recycling, or to report abandoned fluorescent bulbs, call Facilities Management at x2368.

If you are a faculty or staff member, you can place a work order request for housekeeping to bring you a deskside recycling bin. Even though the color is blue, 这些桌子边的回收箱应该倒进最近的绿色回收站.

Since we encourage everyone to participate in the program, 因为我们经常在无意中寻找扔进回收箱的东西, we prefer for you to empty your own office recycling bin and not ask our housekeeping staff to do it. Just bring it to the nearest large green toter on wheels; there's one on every floor of every building. Thank you for participating.

UNE's housekeeping staff consolidates the tall, 每天从地区回收站将薄箱放入较大的轮子上. 我们的回收工作人员将这些摇摇晃晃的东西运到压实机，在那里它们被清空. There is a toter recycling route established. High-traffic areas are emptied every workday. Residence halls are emptied twice weekly and some of the office and academic areas are emptied weekly. However, if you notice that a recycling bin is full (or will be full very soon) please let us know by calling ext. 2368.

Ask your RA to place a work order. Recycling staff will then empty the bin as soon as possible.

Placing a work order is the fastest way to have a bin emptied, 这是我们追踪特定区域频率需求的最好方法.

This happens when people contaminate recyclables with trash. Ecomaine将拒绝接受大量受污染的可回收物. Please help us keep trash out of the recycling bins.

Please keep shredded documents in a plastic bag. 塑料袋保证了薄纸片的正确处理. If your shredded paper is not in a plastic bag, 它不能回收，可能会污染可回收材料的垃圾箱. 将装有碎纸的塑料袋放入绿色的单类回收箱. 在运输和回收设施中，把它弄得一团糟.

编号为1-7的塑料可在绿色单分类箱中回收. On the bottom of most plastic containers, 有一个三角形的符号(看起来很像回收符号). The number within that triangle is the number of plastic from which your container was made.

Unfortunately, if there is no number, there is no way to identify the type of plastic, and it cannot be recycled using our system.

Styrofoam (even though it is labeled as number 6 plastic) is not recyclable in the state of Maine.

可回收塑料如果是刚性的(而不是易碎的)，则进一步加以识别, like plastic wrap) and larger than a Post-It note. Plastic lids, straws, and utensils are small enough to fall through the sorting machinery and will end up on the floor of the recycling facility, so just put it in the trash bin for disposal. 

要知道瓶子或罐头是否可以退货，请在容器中搜索“ME”." It is typically located with a list of other states near the bar code on bottle labels and imprinted on the top of cans. Returnable, or redeemable, 瓶子和易拉罐应该放在蓝色的“只允许回收的瓶子和易拉罐”垃圾桶里.

UNE uses the funds from the returnable bottles and cans to reinvest in the recycling program. Any bottles and cans in the blue recycling bins on campus are considered university property. Reinvesting the funds in this way makes the recycling program more financially sustainable, as well as environmentally sustainable.

While these items can be placed in the single-sort bins, they are too small for Ecomaine’s equipment to salvage; they'll literally fall through the cracks. They will end up as trash at the recycling facility and should be separated and placed in the trash whenever possible. It is not considered a contaminant, however.

Yes. Pizza boxes can be placed in the green single-sort bins. 它们甚至可以有一些油和一点奶酪粘在上面. However, please remove all crusts, pizza pieces, and large clumps of toppings before recycling.

Unfortunately, wax is not recyclable. However, in modern products the “wax” coating is often actually a thin layer of plastic. 要知道你的产品是否打蜡，用指甲轻轻刮一下. 如果指甲下面的涂层脱落了，那就是打过蜡的，不能回收. If it is plastic coated, it can go in the recycling because the recycling process will separate the layers of paper and plastic.

Waste Management comes to the Portland Campus on Wednesday mornings and empties the 65-gallon toters into a truck that is used for recycling only. The material is taken to Ecomaine in Portland. On the Biddeford Campus, our recycling staff brings the green toters to the compactors located beyond Sokokis Hall or in the Ripich Commons. When the compactors are full, 废物管理部门接到通知，他们把材料送到波特兰的Ecomaine.

2007年，全球网络赌博平台开始了“SWOOP日”活动，这是在搬家周期间的一次募捐活动. 该计划演变为与Goodwill的合作伙伴关系，以收集捐赠. 有轮子的蓝色大箱子被放置在六个宿舍(Champlain Hall休息室), East Hall commuter lounge, Avila Hall mailroom, Featherman Hall lobby, Assisi Hall lounge, 和Sokokis大厅休息室)，所有住宿学生都可以使用. Students can place gently used clothes, furniture, small appliances, decorations, and household accessories in the bins and Goodwill will sell them to benefit their many community projects. 未开封的不易腐烂的食物也可以收集在蓝色的箱子里, Goodwill将把这些食物转交给好牧人食品银行.