WHERE DO YOUR RECYCLEABLES GO?

ALUMINUM


All aluminum collected at Emory is baled (compresssed into cubes) and taken to Newell Recycling http://www.newellrecycling.com/ in East Point, Georgia for further processing.

CORRUGATED
CARDBOARD

All cardboard collected at Emory is baled (compressed into cubes). The bales are picked up by Pratt Industries http://www.prattindustries.com/ and taken to Pratt's paper mill in Conyers, Georgia for further processing.

CLEAR, GREEN & BROWN GLASS

All glass collected at Emory is seperated by color and stored in 30-yard open tops down at the Recycling Center. Waste Management hauls the open tops to Strategic Materials http://www.strategicmaterials.com/index.html in College Park, Georgia for further processing.

MAGAZINES

All magazines collected are dumped into a 40-yard open top. When full, the open top is hauled to Pratt Industries http://www.prattindustries.com/ in Conyers, Georgia for further processing.

MIXED PAPER

All mixed paper collected is dumped into a 40-yard open top with magazines and hauled off by Pratt Industries http://www.prattindustries.com/ in Conyers, Georgia for further processing.

NEWSPAPER

All newspaper collected from offices is dumped into a 40-yard open top with magazines and mixed paper. When full, the open top is taken to Pratt Industries http://www.prattindustries.com/ in Conyers, Georgia for further processing.

Newspaper boxes located around campus and at our community drop-off sites are picked up by SP Recycling www.sprecycling.com/.

PHONEBOOKS
Phonebooks are dumped into the 40-yard open top with the mixed paper, magazines and newspaper.When full, the open top is taken to Pratt Industries http://www.prattindustries.com/ in Conyers, Georgia for further processing.

PLASTICS


All plastics collected at Emory are placed in a 40-yard open top. When full, the open top is taken to SP Recycling Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) www.sprecycling.com/ in Forest Park, Georgia.

SCRAP METAL

Scrap Metal box is picked-up by Waste Management and taken to Newell Recycling http://www.newellrecycling.com/ for further processing.

WHITE PAPER

All white paper collected at Emory is baled (compressed into cubes). The bales are hauled off by Georgia Pacific http://www.gp.com/csrr/environment/purpose.html and taken to Savannah, Georgia for further processing.