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Specialty Recycling

Every specialty recycling location on all four campuses can be found on the online Tufts Eco Map. Just zoom into your campus! Click on the links below for specific instructions.

Specialty recycling locations on the Medford/Somerville campus, as can be seen on the online Eco Map.

For brief information on a variety of specialty recycling streams, view the following video:

Please note that since the Energy Bar Wrapper TerraCycle brigade has been discontinued as of February 2020, foil lined bar wrappers can no longer be specialty recycled. Please place all wrappers in the landfill trash, as they cannot be conventionally recycled.

You can view the Medford/Sommerville Campus Specialty Recycling guide below by clicking on the pictures. This guide provides information on what items are acceptable under each recycling category, as well as options for drop-0ff and recycling each type of item.

For other items not mentioned above, and any questions you may have regarding specialty recycling at Tufts, please email recycle@tufts.edu