Department ofDining & Culinary Services

Dining & Culinary Services incorporates recycling as part of our Green Tray Program and encourages our customers to recycle here and at home.

Fun Fact:

A recycled aluminum can is typically re-manufactured and put back in a store within 6 weeks.

We fully support the PLU effort of becoming carbon neutral and a zero-waste producer by 2020. Recycling is a huge player in reaching this goal and Dining & Culinary Services has a lot that can be recycled.

Items that can be recycled are:

  • Aluminum & Tin
  • Glass
  • Plastic (#1-7)
  • Newspaper
  • Office & Mixed Paper
  • Corrugated Cardboard

For more information on the PLU Recycling Plan, please visit the Sustainability Website.

Items that are unfortunately Trash:

  • Bottle caps (metal and plastic)
  • Other forms of plastic (i.e. packing material) not mentioned above
  • Paper cups/plates
  • Paper towels
  • Tissues
  • Soiled containers
  • Greasy pizza boxes
  • Broken appliances
  • Textbooks