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If you have questions about recycling in Oberlin that we don't answer on this page, here are some helpful links:
City of Oberlin refuse and recycling webpage
PDF with recycling guidelines for Oberlin
Recycling info for Lorain County
If you still have quesetions, contact Jeff Baumann, the city's Public Works director:
Phone: 440-775-7204
E-mail: jbaumann@cityofoberlin.com
Address: City of Oberlin Municipal Building, 85 South Main Street (next to the Public Library)

Remove lids, rinse containers, and flatten them when possible.
DO RECYCLE: ONLY plastics labeled #1 and #2: |
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Rinse cans and flatten them when possible.
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Flatten boxes, tie or bind together, and keep dry until pickup (otherwise it is very unpleasant for the people who pick it up).
It is okay to leave in staples and packing tape.
DO RECYCLE: Brown or white corrugated cardboard, which has a ribbed section sandwiched between two layers of paper. |
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Remove lids and neck rings, and rinse all food waste.
DO RECYCLE: glass bottles and jars of any color
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Bundle all paper with string, or place stacks in brown paper grocery bags. Keep paper dry until pickup.
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You can also bring all paper to an Abitibi Paper Retriever dumpster. You can find these green-and-yellow dumpsters on campus behind Hales and the Facilities building, and off campus behind the Oberlin News Tribune/Downtown Pizza or at any public school. Abitibi pays schools and towns for the paper they collect, so you can help the college or the town by recycling!
The city of Oberlin encourages the home composting of yard and food wastes. An informational brochure on starting your own compost pile is available by calling the Public Works Department at 775-7218. Also, students: check with members of the nearest co-op to see if you can add to their compost pile.
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Once a year, usually in late April or early May, the Lorain County Solid Waste Management District holds a day for recycling household hazardous waste. You can call 329-5440 for specific dates and times.
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Can't find what you're looking for? Check out our More Resources page for other things you can recycle!
Oberlin College Resource Conservation Team • 440-775-8996 • recycle@oberlin.edu
This page was last updated May 2010