The Lincoln Land Community College main campus recently expanded the list of items that it recycles. In order to raise awareness of recycling on campus and to encourage students, faculty, and staff to increase recycling rates, the LLCC Sustainability Committee kicked off a new recycling campaign as part of Earth Week 2011.

Do your part to recycle and you may get CAUGHT GREEN HANDED. You can see who's been caught (including our president, Dr. Charlotte Warren!) by viewing LLCC's Facebook page.

What's Accepted

LLCC currently accepts the following in the brown, three-hole recycling bins located around campus:

PAPER
Newspapers
Junk mail
Magazines
Telephone books
Computer paper
Writing paper (white and colored)
Paperboard boxes
Small, flattened corrugated boxes*

PLASTIC
#1 plastic such as soft drink bottles and water bottles
#2 plastic such as milk, water, and liquid detergent bottles
#3 plastic such as health and beauty product containers
#4 6- and 12-pack ring carriers only (NO plastic bags)
#5 plastic such as syrup and ketchup bottles
#7 plastic (other rigid platsic containers)

CANS
Aluminum cans

*Large, flattened corrugated boxes may be placed in the two Midwest Fiber dumpsters at the loading dock area of Menard Hall.

what's not accepted

Foil wrap
Waste paper such as paper napkins, plates, and towels
Plastic bags or plastic wrap of any kind
Paint cans
Styrofoam
#6 plastic
Plastic dishes or cutlery
Batteries
Wood products

If you have any questions about recycling on campus, please contact Green Center manager Julie Bates at julie.bates@llcc.edu or 217.786.2434.