{"id":194,"date":"2021-11-30T12:06:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T12:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainability.me.holycross.edu\/?p=194"},"modified":"2021-11-30T12:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T12:06:14","slug":"how-to-participate-in-single-stream-recycling-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/2021\/11\/30\/how-to-participate-in-single-stream-recycling-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Participate in Single-Stream Recycling On Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/09\/Indoor-Recycling-Sign-Blog-791x1024.png\" alt=\"Recycling sign found on campus bins\" width=\"525\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-87\" \/>Holy Cross&#8217; single-stream recycling program is a critical piece of the College&#8217;s waste disposal strategy. Not only does the program reduce the amount of trash on campus, the program allows individuals to actively &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesuits.global\/uap\/caring-for-our-common-home\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">care for our common home<\/a>.&#8217; As an individual, there are three main points to remember about recycling at Holy Cross:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nRecycle clean and empty bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard only.<br \/>\nKeep food and liquid out of the recycling bin.<br \/>\nNo loose plastic bags and no bagged recyclables.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Once someone places the recyclable into a blue bin lined with a clear bag (these are located throughout campus), the Environmental Services team transports the materials to one of the outdoor recycling dumpsters on campus. The College&#8217;s waste hauler takes the materials off campus for further sorting and processing.<\/p>\n<p>Just one greasy pizza box or half-full soda bottle can contaminate a whole recycling bin. Once contaminated, the bin&#8217;s contents are now considered trash. Assist the Holy Cross community&#8217;s efforts to care for our common home by consciously participating in the single-stream recycling program.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Cross&#8217; single-stream recycling program is a critical piece of the College&#8217;s waste disposal strategy. Not only does the program reduce the amount of trash on campus, the program allows individuals to actively &#8216;care for our common home.&#8217; As an individual, there are three main points to remember about recycling at Holy Cross: Recycle clean &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/2021\/11\/30\/how-to-participate-in-single-stream-recycling-on-campus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Participate in Single-Stream Recycling On Campus&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","tag-campus-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}