{"id":13002,"date":"2025-08-19T15:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=13002"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:41:35","slug":"recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/sustainability\/take-action\/recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"parent":266,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/one-column.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-13002","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rochester","subtitle":"Learn how to rethink, reduce, reuse, and recycle waste the right way at Rochester.","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules_above":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"pt-0 mt-0","title":"","content":"

\"Rochester'sWhat is R5?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWhile recycling and composting are good things to do, it is important to start by eliminating materials from the waste stream whenever possible. At Rochester, we have developed the R5 program to help you get in this mindset. This graphic illustrates how this program ultimately limits what goes into a landfill\u2014by rethinking, reducing, reusing, and recycling or composting.","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"}],"sidebar":"show__sidebar","sidebar_feed":"menu_select","menu":"52","page_links":null,"sub_menu":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion_new","anchor_id":"","classes":"","title":"

R5 in practice<\/h2>","description":"Explore more about how you can put each facet of the R5 zero waste hierarchy into practice.","background":"plain","background_color":"#ffffff","style":"row_icons","expand":"yes","accordions":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Rethink","icon":"{\"family\" : \"classic\", \"style\" : \"solid\", \"id\" : \"head-side-brain\", \"label\" : \"Head Side Brain\", \"unicode\" : \"f808\"}","row_content":"Pause and consider what you\u2019re purchasing, consuming, and throwing out. Rethinking what we value and prioritize can have a collective impact on large systems that generate waste. Redesigning systems allow us to avoid needless or wasteful consumption. Think about how purchasing choices make an impact on waste disposal:\r\n