Recycling
Recycling by item
Glass
- Recycling centre (near skips by laundry room) – Preferably here
- Green box in staircases
Paper
- Green box in staircase – Low grade paper
- White bin with blue lid on ground floor of staircases – High grade paper
- White bin with blue lid in post room
- White bin with blue lid in library
Cardboard
- Green box in staircase
Plastics
- Green box in staircase
Metal
- Green box in staircase
- Aluminium cans in White bin with yellow lid in JCR
Batteries
- Blue box on the floor in the post room (by the parcels)
Printer cartridges
- Take a bag from the box near the battery recycling box for your used cartridges
Recycling by location
Blue box on the floor in the post room (by the parcels)
- Battery recycling
- Bags for printer cartridge recycling found here
The white bin with the blue lid in the post room/library
- Junk mail and paper waste
The white bin with the yellow lid in the JCR
- Aluminium cans
Bottle recycling centre (Near laundry room)
- Glass bottles
The Green box on the staircase
Below is a list of items which should and shouldn’t be placed in the recycling box on your staircase
If in doubt check the instructions on the lid of the box where applicable or contact the Environment and Ethics rep.
Glass
- Glass bottles
- Broken glass (wrapped in paper)
Plastic
- Plastic bottles (shampoo, drinks bottles milk bottles)
- Bottle tops
- Polystyrene
- Clingfilm
- Food packaging
- Carrier bags
- Bubble wrap
- Crisp/sweets packets
Metal
- Aluminium cans
- Aluminium foil
- Clean Tins
- Food soiled items
- Metal lids
- Discharged Aerosols
- Batteries
- Small Electricals
Cardboard
- Clean card and cardboard
- Toilet rolls
- Drinks cartons
Low Grade Paper
- Directories and catalogues
- Junk mail
- Off-white paper
- Newspaper
- Kitchen and tissue paper (even clean)
- Jiffy bags
- Glued/painted paper
The white bin with the blue lid on the ground floor of staircases
High grade paper
- Printer and copier paper
- Envelopes without plastic windows
- Low grade paper