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BOTTLES/CANS

21PLastics bearing these symboLs are recycLabLe.

Plastic bottles • aluminum/steel cans • Glass

recycLing one ton of PLastic saves 160 gaLLons of oiL and RecyclinG one aluminum can saves enouGh eneRGy to Run a tv foR thRee houRs.

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MIXED PAPER

White PaPeR • coloRed PaPeR • neWsPaPeRs • maGazines • Junk mail

no PaPeR Plates, cuPs, used naPkins or Photo PaPer—they cannot be recycLed.

!recycLing one ton of PaPer can save 17 tRees. so eveRy sheet counts!

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COMPOST

comPostable utensils • PaPeR cuPs, Plates, and naPkins • food Waste

much of What Gets thRoWn aWay on camPus fits into this cateGoRy.

comPosting cLoses the organics looP so We can use it to GRoW ouR food.

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LANDFILLavoid these PRoducts since they Get buRied at the uc davis landfill (yes, We have one of those!).

by 2020, let’s use ouR land foR somethinG betteR!

73materiaLs bearing these symboLs aRe not Recyclable on camPus.

take baGs back to the stoRe for recycLing.

styRofoam • Plastic baGs/WRaPPeRs • non-Recyclable Plastics