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Please place acceptable paper products in appropriately labelled containers on campus
| Acceptable: | Not Acceptable: | ||||||||
| - Dry & clean paper (white or coloured) | - Carbon paper | ||||||||
| - Newspapers | - Plastic overheads | ||||||||
| - Computer paper | - Soiled paper | ||||||||
| - Envelopes | - Boxboard | ||||||||
| - Flyers | - Paper towels / tissues | ||||||||
| - Glossy magazines | - Other non-paper products | ||||||||
| - Journals / Catalogues | |||||||||
| - Telephone books | |||||||||
| - Carbonless paper | |||||||||
| Please Note : | |||||||||
| Cardboard: Please flatten and place next to the paper recycling container for collection | |||||||||
| Large Recycling Projects: Call Facilities Management (Environmental Services) at 494-3720 for | |||||||||
| assistance when disposing of a large number of books, journals, etc. | |||||||||
| Paper Clips: Please remove from paper and reuse | |||||||||
| Staples: It is not necessary to remove staples from paper prior to recycling | |||||||||
| Office Staff: Are supplied with a desktop containers which they empty in to larger departmental | |||||||||
| containers, as necessary | |||||||||
| General Interest : | |||||||||
| - Since the Dalhousie paper recycling program began in 1991, close to 60,000 trees have been saved | |||||||||
| - Currently, over 7,000 trees are saved yearly through our paper products recycling program at Dalhousie | |||||||||
| - More than 420 tonnes of paper products were recycled on campus in fiscal 2003-04 | |||||||||
| - Dalhousie's recycled paper is used to produce paper towels, toilet tissue, egg cartons, coffee trays, | |||||||||
| etc.. Recycled cardboard is used primarily to make new cardboard boxes and some furniture. | |||||||||