Point Loma Nazarene University is committed to stewardship of resources at all levels. As we strive to teach, shape, and send our students from the academic world to the professional world, we equip them with the knowledge of stewardship through their participation in the on-campus recycling program. PLNU believes that a program alone cannot create change. Change happens when people participate in a program they believe in. We set policy goals that incorporate the idea that people and programs are inter-dependant. Shaping our students into avid stewards, while providing programs for them to participate in, is our primary environmental policy.  This award-winning recycling program owes it's success to the students, staff, facultty, and community members that have helped impliment the recycling program.

 






At Point Loma Nazarene University all students receive a blue recycling bin in their dorm room. Around campus you'll see blue recycling bins all over right next to the trash cans. Those blue recycling bins are in classrooms and administrative buildings, too. Have you ever wondered what you can toss in a blue recycling bin? Here's the list,

ALL PAPER
including mixed paper, envelopes, magazines, term papers, post-it notes, and paper packaging.

CARDBOARD
Boxes should be flattened and emptied of plastic and food. Pizza boxes can be recycled as long as there is not food in or on the box.

PLASTICS
Look for the recyclable symbols on the bottom of the containers to see if it can be recycled.

CANS & BOTTLES
Soup cans, soda cans, and tin cans can all be recycled in the blue recycle bin!

GLASS BOTTLES & JARS
Only glass that is from bottles or jars is recyclable in the blue recycle bin.
  
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Not everything that is recyclable can be tossed in a blue recycling bin. Some items that you should recycle must be recycled in other ways. Please contact PLNU Recycling at x2457 or plnurecycling@pointloma.edu to schedule a pickup of non-blue bin recyclables.

Items to Reuse and Donate

You can reuse or donate your WORKING COMPUTER , TELEVISION , STEREO , and other electronic devices. Also CLOTHES , SHOES , BLANKETS , BEDDING , and DRY TOWELS should be reused or donated. Other items such as LAMPS , CLOCKS , RADIOS , and BOOKS are also fair game to reuse or donate.

Please only donate working and usable items. You can put these items in donations bins when available or call PLNU Recycling at x2457 for a pickup. If you have doubts about whether an item can be reused or donated, please call and we'll help you figure it out.

Other Recycling

The following items can be recycled, but not in the blue recycling bin. Please contact PLNU Recycling at x2457 to schedule a pickup.

COMPOSTABLES
All food and napkins from the Dining Hall are taken to the Miramar Greenary and composted.

BATTERIES
Tape both ends and drop off in wooden containers located in your building. CELL PHONES Drop off in wooden containers located in your building.

INK CARTRIDGES
Drop off in wooden containers located in your building.

NON-WORKING ELECTRONICS Computers, printers, scanners, speakers, monitors, TV's, alarm clocks, fans, microwaves, and anything else with a plug can be recycled by calling PLNU Recycling at x2457 to schedule a pickup.







Bummer! Certain items are not recyclable. Please dispose the following non-recyclables in a trashcan. Better still, consider rethinking your shopping and consuming practices so that you remove certain unrecyclables from your life.


                                


Sugar bugs will thrash your teeth and CANDY WRAPPERS are not recyclable. Used TISSUES and DIRTY PAPER PLATES are kind of gross and also not recyclable. PLASTIC and PAPER CUPS including coffee cups are not recyclable - take your reusable travel mug to the coffee shop. STYROFOAM is not recyclable. PLASTIC BAGS cannot by recycled at PLNU, but most grocery stores now have bins for recycling plastic bags. You also can bring usable bags to the grocery store. Or you could get crafty with your used bags. GUM cannot be recycled in the blue recycling bins or under classroom desks, and it is hard to clean up in either place. WAX PAPER is not recyclable, including MILK and JUICE CARTONS. Most TO-GO BOXES and CUPS are not recyclable, but some are recyclable so look to see if the recycling symbols are on the bottom of all to-go containers and recycle the ones you can.








If after reading this web page you still have doubts about what you can and cannot recycle or if for another other reason you need to talk with someone about environmental stewardship, please contact PLNU's Sustainability Coordinator Kristin Hansen at (619) 849-2457 or Khansen@pointloma.edu.