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Disposal Guide
Sometimes it can be confusing to know the correct or best way to dispose of materials that you no longer want, that are broken or that are waste. If you have any questions not answered below, please email Tom Bohan, Waste and Recycling Manager.
Waste streams
We have a dry mixed recycling system in place. This means that almost all materials produced by the average office can be recycled together. We separate our waste into several different waste streams:
Mixed dry recycling: All paper and clean card products; empty drinks cans; empty and rinsed food tins; all plastic bottles and clean plastic food containers; aerosol cans; and tetrapac cartons.
General waste: Polystyrene, drinking glasses, contaminated food waste and other items not mentioned above should go into the general waste bins.
Batteries: Collection point at the Recycling Zone near Dr Bike, Estates loading bay, Britten House, Constable Terrace and University Village.
Food waste: Composting bins (small brown/ green caddies indoors, or external brown bins) take food, wooden stirrers, coffee grounds, tea bags and other biodegradeable materials.
Glass: Bottles and jars go into the external black bins.
Electrical items: There are collection points around the campus - Recycling Zone near Dr Bike, University Village and additional points for office/lab items: SCI, BMRC, and CHE loading bays.
Textiles: Collection points at the Recycling Zone near Dr Bike, Constable Terrace, and The Village.