Notebooks

Recycle Curbside

Remove Spiral Binding

Remove the metal spiral or plastic coil from your notebook before recycling it. Dispose of metal spirals in the garbage or as scrap metal. Dispose of plastic coils as garbage.

Remove Plastic Cover

If the notebook has a plastic front or back cover, remove and throw away before recycling the paper. Plastic contaminates paper recycling.

Remove Other Non-Paper Items

Flip through the notebook and remove any non-paper items such as staples, paper clips, cloth bindings, or pages with glitter or glue.

Put Only Paper in Recycling

After any metal and plastic pieces have been removed from the notebook, place the paper and any cardboard pieces in the recycling.

Ways to Reduce

Use Both Sides

Always try to use both sides of a piece of paper to cut down on your overall paper use.

Ways to Reuse

Keep Unused Pages for Scratch Paper

Didn’t use the whole notebook? Tear out any unused pages and keep them to use as scratch paper.

Did You Know?

How to Remove Bindings Without a Mess

If you don’t want to tear the paper out of your spiral notebook and risk getting pieces everywhere, try these methods to remove the spirals instead.

An Easier Way to Remove Notebook Wires

If you have tools at home, try this method to remove metal spirals from your notebooks even faster.