Are staples, sticky notes, and paper clips okay to recycle okay to recycle?
Paper mills that process recovered paper are set up to remove common contaminants such as staples and paper clips from the pulped paper. Therefore, it is not necessary to remove such items before recycling the paper, although paper clips and binder clips can be removed and reused. If your recycling program accepts mixed paper, sticky notes are usually recyclable – but not always. Any mill that is able to process mixed paper can remove the adhesives found on sticky notes.
