You may have seen the appearance of some mixed recycling bins around the University. These bins mark the roll–out of the University’s new recycling scheme which allows us to recycle more and so send less to landfill.
Please find below information about changes to the recycling scheme.
Current scheme:
• Plastic bottle recycling bin
• Can recycling bin
• Paper/cardboard recycling bin
New scheme:
• New “mixed recycling” bin which can take:
Plastics (cups, bottles, sandwich boxes, milk cartons, plastic packaging)
Cans (drink & food cans, aluminium trays & foil)
Paper (newspapers, magazines and coloured, shredded & wrapping paper)
Cardboard
• Paper/cardboard recycling bin (as before)
A poster by the bin explains what can be put in these bins.
Other changes to the way we manage waste are:
Glass – You can also recycle glass bottles by putting them in the Greenspace (Green) wheelie bins in the recycling compounds which you can find dotted around campus. The Purple wheelie bins are for general waste going to landfill.
Batteries – There are battery recycling boxes in most buildings. Otherwise, you can send batteries in the internal post to Ed Faherty, External Services Manager, in Estates and Facilities.
Food waste – Please put any food waste in the kitchen bins as these are emptied on a daily basis.
General office bins – The introduction of the new recycling scheme should mean that almost nothing is going into your general waste bin. So, our Waste & Recycling staff will be asking you to give up your bin. This will encourage you to recycle more and help our domestic staff clean more, rather than emptying bins.
You can either contact Ed Faherty, Ian Russell or e-mail the central waste helpline ([email protected]), if you have any questions about this scheme. You can also find out how to dispose of different types of waste by going to: http://www.estates.soton.ac.uk/waste.htm
Of course, while it is good to recycle, it is much better not to produce the waste in the first place. Simple measures, such as photocopying double sided, thinking about whether you need to print out e-mails or printing in draft mode, which saves ink, will make a difference.
I hope you will all support this scheme and help us to help the environment.