Starting fall 2022, a new trash and recycling program will help each of us own — and dispose of — the waste we create.
What is Sustain Beloit?
Sustain Beloit is a student-led initiative to improve recycling practices on campus and keep Facilities staff safe.
Here is what you need to know and do:
Beloiters will take out their trash and recyclables and deposit them in bins outside their buildings, offices, dorm rooms, etc. Your trash, your task.
Learn what to throw away and what to recycle. If you’re uncertain about whether something is recyclable, put it in the trash.
Respect the Facilities staff who do so much to keep our community beautiful.
Let’s all do our part to Sustain Beloit.
Trash and Recycling Process
Prepare the bins in your space. If a bin doesn’t have a bag already, set up a new bag.
Trash bins must use clear plastic bags.
Recycle bins can use either blue bags or paper bags as liners.
Fill the bins with your trash and recycling.
Trash should include food waste, plastic bags, plastic wrap or film, styrofoam, pizza boxes, bubble wrap, anything with food or liquids on it, black plastic, chewing gum, condiment packages, chip bags, tape, ceramics and dishes, disposable cups and silverware and dishes, and anything else not recyclable.
Recycle can only include glass containers, aluminum & steel cans, dry paper, flattened cardboard, and plastic labeled 1 or 2.
Locate your outside bins. Each building should have their own set of bins. If you are unsure which are your bins, ask your RA, building coordinator or contact Facilities.
Empty full bags into your outside bins. Work with others in your space to work out a regular schedule or process.
Trash bags (clear) can be thrown away as-is into an outside trash bin.
Recycle bags (blue) must not be included in recycling. Empty the bag’s contents into an outside recycling bin and then place the bag into a trash bin.
Repeat as needed. If you need additional rolls of bags, contact your RA or building coordinator.
RAs & Building Coordinators
Find a space in your room, office, floor, or building for two boxes of bags.
Give a roll of bags to building inhabitants who request it.
Beloit College is approaching trash management as a community effort where every individual does their part to take care of the campus and global environment. Every person on the planet generates waste, and in most cases it is our responsibility to dispose of it responsibly.
Every campus building has access to outside bins. They are located near the most-used entrance in an area that is accessible for the garbage truck or for campus utility staff. Outside containers are either 96-gallon residential toters or 2YD, 4YD, or 8YD dumpsters.
When you’re planning for an event, don’t forget to add trash cans so that guests can dispose of their waste responsibly. Facilities will remove trash from the bins when they dismantle any setup once the event ends. the event.
About recycling
Recycling takes materials that would otherwise go to a landfill and gives them another life! With certain materials, it is actually more efficient to use recycled materials than it is to use raw materials. Aluminum cans are a great example.
Plastic bags contaminate your recycling. One plastic bag in the outside container means that the whole load will go to the landfill instead of being recycled. Plastic bags also damage recycling machinery, which can put workers in danger of injury and stop the entire facility for hours.
Most plastic is actually trash! Only plastic types 1 & 2, such as water bottles, laundry detergent jugs, and such, are accepted in recyclables.
Recycling takes materials that would otherwise go to a landfill and gives them another life! With certain materials, it is actually more efficient to use recycled materials than it is to use raw materials. Aluminum cans are a great example.
About impact
All Beloit College trash is taken to the City of Janesville landfill.
All Beloit College recycling is taken to the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Germantown, WI. This MRF collects recycling from all of south central Wisconsin
