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WWU Recycles
Things that are Green
100
The only category of recyclables residents should never break down.
What is glass?
100
Aluminum foil goes here.
What is in the metals bin?
100
This makes up the largest portion of landfill waste at WWU. The more it dries the wetter it gets.
What is paper towels?
100
The informational/promotional event to improve recycling on the Ridge, featuring speaker Dulcinea Rattet.
What is the Ridge Recycle Review?
100
Although it doesn't give the wearer the ability to fly, it looks great in the wind and comes in handy when traveling in the street at night.
What is your green recycle cape?
200
Pizza boxes can be recycled, however they first must be _________.
What is emptied?
200
Water bottle caps go here.
What is in in the plastics bin?
200
The places on the Ridge where batteries can be recycled.
What are the residence hall front desks?
200
The blue barrels on campus are associated with and emptied by this organization.
What is the AS Recycling Center?
200
Students at western pay $0.70 per credit up to a maximum of $7.00 per quarter to this fee which funds grants for sustainability projects.
What is the Green Energy Fee?
300
Apart from reducing output, this is the best way for residents to reduce cardboard bin overflows.
What is flatten boxes?
300
Dense corrugated paper goes here.
What is in the cardboard bin?
300
The best thing to do when the bins overflow.
What is inform your Eco Rep or call the Recycle Center?
300
The total waste reduction challenge between campus residences.
What is Go For the Green?
300
This character from a long running children's television series is green, lives in a trash can, and hordes landfill waste.
Who is Oscar the Grouch?
400
This must be removed before notebooks can be recycled.
What is the spine?
400
Plate glass, such as the glass from windows or dishes, should be placed here.
What is in the dumpster?
400
The part of a coffee cup that can be recycled on the Ridge.
What is the lid?
400
The national tournament between Universities aimed at improving waste reduction, composting, and recycling.
What is RecycleMania?
400
These are the three colors of glass that can be recycled.
What are green, brown, and clear?
500
These are the steps to processing a water bottle.
What are rinse, remove the lid, crush and twist?
500
Cereal boxes go here.
What is in the mixed paper bin?
500
Although these can be recycled into carpet or clothing, they cannot be recycled in the blue barrels on campus.
What are plastic bags?
500
Among the first in the country, the campus recycling center at Western was founded in this year.
What is 1971?
500
This is the logo of the Office of Sustainability at Western.
What is a green Bigfoot print?
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