Single Stream Recycling for Office
Single Stream Recycling is an automated sorting process designed to handle non-hazardous items from your kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, office and mailbox. The recyclables are then collected and transported to a material recovery facility where they are sorted and processed.
Paper Sheets and Folders
![Stack of office paper](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/officepaper.jpg?sfvrsn=49d3f6ec_3)
Office Paper
Clean and dry paper only. Wet paper will not make it through the sorting equipment. DO NOT SHRED.
![File Folder](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/filefolders.jpg?sfvrsn=6ed3f6ec_3)
File Folders
Remove any metal or plastic components before recycling.
![Multiple colored papers](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/coloredpaper.jpg?sfvrsn=81d3f6ec_7)
Colored Paper
DO NOT SHRED.
![Pad of sticky notes](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/stickynotes.jpg?sfvrsn=620df5ec_3)
Sticky Notes
Attach them to a larger piece of paper. They are too small to make it through the sorting facility alone.
Cardboard Boxes and Tubes
![Cardboard file box](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/fileboxes.jpg?sfvrsn=14d6f6ec_3)
File Boxes
Flatten all cardboard boxes and keep dry. Wet cardboard will not make it through the sorting equipment.
![Cardboard shipping tubes](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/shippingtubes.jpg?sfvrsn=c2d0f6ec_3)
Shipping Tubes (no caps)
Flatten and keep dry. Put plastic and metal end caps in garbage.
Office Garbage
![Line striking through printer cartridge](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/noprintercartridge.jpg?sfvrsn=ced0f6ec_3)
No Printer Cartridges
Printer cartridges cannot be properly sorted by the equipment used for single stream recycling.
Other recycling options![Line striking through CD Cases](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/nocdsorcases.jpg?sfvrsn=d2d0f6ec_3)
No CDs or Cases
CD’s and CD cases cannot be properly sorted by the equipment used for single stream recycling.
![Line striking through hardcover books](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/nohardcoverbooks.jpg?sfvrsn=fed0f6ec_3)
No Hardcover Books
Hardcover books cannot be properly sorted by the equipment used for single stream recycling.
Other recycling options![Line striking through three ring binders](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/nothreeringbinders.jpg?sfvrsn=cad0f6ec_3)
No Three-Ring Binders
Three-ring binders are made from multiple material types and cannot be properly sorted in the single-stream process.
![Line striking through junked computer and parts](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/noelectronics.jpg?sfvrsn=fad0f6ec_3)
No Cables, Cords or Electronics
These items cannot be recycled in the single-stream process because they are made of multiple materials types. Cords and cables will tangle up the sorting equipment and shut down the facility.
Other recycling options![Line striking through shredded paper](/images/default-source/solid-waste-images/recyclingitems/noshreddedpaper.jpg?sfvrsn=f6d0f6ec_3)
No Shredded Paper
Shredded paper is too small make it through the sorting equipment and needs to be taken to a paper recycler.
Other recycling options