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Mixed Paper

Facilities Management provides all campus faculty and general fund staff with a blue deskside recycling container for the collection of mixed office paper. Large paper recycling containers are also provided for departmental mail and copy rooms.

Paper collections are made once a week by the custodial staff at the same time trash is collected from offices. However, if your deskside container fills up before your pickup date, we recommend emptying it in the large blue container. Individuals who need a recycling container can request one from Facilities Management.

The following paper products are accepted in the blue recycling containers:

  • colored paper
  • magazines
  • cardboard
  • shredded paper
  • white paper
  • chipboard
  • books
  • phone books
  • newspapers
  • blueprints
  • file folders
  • junk mail (including envelopes)

Do NOT include:

  • napkins
  • food
  • non-recyclable trash
  • tissues
  • paper cups
  • paper or plastic plates
  • candy wrappers

The key with this program is that, if the paper is dry, it can be recycled. Staples and paper clips do not need to be removed.

Faculty and staff who are retiring, moving offices, or simply doing a major cleanout of their workspace, can request temporary barrels for large volumes of paper. Special arrangements will be made to pick up these materials outside of the normal collection schedule.

Where Does It Go?

All mixed paper collected at CSULB through this program is hauled to a processing facility less than 15 miles away. The paper is sorted into different grades, then baled and sent to mills in the US, Mexico, and China. The paper is pulped and converted into a variety of new products, including building insulation, writing and copier papers, newsprint, paper towels, and bathroom tissue.

Did You Know?

In 2004, CSULB purchased 65 tons of paper for departmental usage in photocopiers, all with 30% postconsumer recycled content. Using this amount of recycled content paper is the pulp equivalent of 468 trees.

The CSULB Departmental Copier Program encourages the use of recycled office paper in faxes and printers and will sell white, 8½ X 11" recycled copy paper at their cost. This is the same paper the Program currently provides to Copier Program participants for use in copy machines.

This recycled-content paper will be sold in cases only, with 10 reams in each case. There is no charge for storage and free delivery to your office is provided. For current pricing and purchasing information, contact the Copier Program at 985-7558.

Calculation source: Conservatree