Energy & UtilitiesUniversity of VirginiaFacilities Management

Recycling

Behind the Scenes: Sonoco Recycling

UVA Recycling sells the sorted Aluminum, Steel, Plastic, Paper, and Cardboard to another processor, Sonoco Recycling. Sonoco Recycling combines our materials with others, makes them into even larger bales, and sells the bales to companies that make the recycled material into new products. The pictures below were taken at that processing site.

Big aluminum baler with bales on the left

White paper is made into large bales

Big bales of white paper

Big bales of cardboard