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Students – use your Blue Recycling Bag
to transfer all your recyclables from your
kitchens to the recycling stations located
outside your accomm
odation.
Paper – The majority of
paper used on campus can be
recycled including coloured paper. Exceptions include A
4 paper ream
packaging which has a plastic coating,
waxy paper cups and paper tow
els because they are m
ade of low quality
paper.
Cardboard - Please flatten
cardboard and leave next to your internal central bin/ recycling
points for collection. Cardboard recycling
bins are available at Halls of Residences.
Plastics – Most plastics have a
recycling symbol on them
with a
number in the m
iddle. Please put any plastics num
bered 1 to 6 in the plastic recycling bins. If it doesn’t have a num
ber it can’t be recycled.
Mixed G
lass, Bottles & Jars
– Please rinse out first. Only a
few staff kitchens have recycling
facilities for glass. Please collect glass in your area and use the glass recycling bins w
hich are located at our Halls of
Residences.
Food Tins & D
rink Cans – Please rinse out first. O
nly a few staff
kitchens have recycling facilities for drink and food cans. Please collect and use the can recycling bins w
hich are located at our H
alls of Residences and at a num
ber of other sites across campus.
Batteries – You will find battery
recycling tubes in most building
foyers.
Household W
aste – Use these
bins for any waste w
hich cannot be recycled or reused on cam
pus
Charity Drop O
ff – For unw
anted clothing, shoes, bric-a-brac etc.
WEEE – Please do not put any
waste w
ith this symbol in general
waste bins Recycling on Cam
pus
RECYCLIN
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Reduce-Re-Use-Recycle• Everythingyoubuyhasacarbonfootprint–thisincludes
the resources and energy used during extraction, manufacture, operation and transportation
• Methane-apowerfulgreenhousegasisemittedfromthedecomposition of organic waste
• Wearerunningoutoflandfillspaceforthedisposalof our waste
• Throwingthingsawayconstitutestheendoftheresourcelife-recyclingmeansmoreuseismadeoffiniteresources
• Thereisanincreasingglobaldemandforresources
Re-UseTheUniversityencouragesthere-useofequipment,furnitureandstationery.Students-lookoutforfreeshopsthatpop-upacross campus offering free stationery including lever arch files, box files and folders. All our refectories offer a discount on hot drinks if you bring your own cup so why not invest in a re-usablecup?-itwillbeagoodinvestmentforyouandhelpthe University slim its bin.
End of Term Re-Use SchemeEach year at the end of term the University and British Heart Foundationrunare-useschemeatUniversityownedandleased Halls of Residences. Simply bag up your unwanted itemsincluding;clothing,shoes,accessories,books,bric-a-brac,CDs, DVDs, kitchen and electrical items and drop it into one of the Red BHF donation bins.
Students in University accommodation will find the Red BHF bins on site all year round so you can donate all year!
Notinhalls?Don’tworry you can still drop off your unwanted items at the University sited bins.
BooksA book bank is located at the rear of the library.
Recycling in PrestonPrestonCityCounciloperateakerb-sidecollectionofbothrubbish and recycling. The following bins are provided for households in Preston:
• Greybinforitemsthatcannotberecycled
• Yellow-liddedrecyclingbinforplasticbottles/glassbottlesandjars/foodanddrinkcans/foil
• Red-liddedbinforpaper/cardboard
• *Brownbinforgardenwaste
*Not all houses will be in an area with garden waste collections.
Wasteandrecyclingiscollectedeverytwoweeks.Yourlandlord should provide you with all your bins and a calendar of collections. Contact Preston City Council Helpline on (01772) 906905 or email [email protected] if you do not have these facilities.
RECYCLING GUIDE
This is your guide to reducing, recycling, re-use at UCLan and in Preston. Make full use of all the
opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of your waste and save yourself
money at the same time.
Email: [email protected]
@uclangreenteam
University of Central Lancashire Preston, UK, PR1 2HE
Tel: +44 (0)1772 201201
www.uclan.ac.uk
ReduceThe more you buy, the more waste you will produce so reduction is the best option to reduce waste and resource use.
Charity shopping – there are a number of charity shops in Preston where you can pick up some incredible bargains from everydayitemstovintageclothesanduniquepiecesofart.At the same time, you will be helping to support a variety of good causes.
Second Hand Furniture & Electricals – staff and students receive 15% discount in the British Heart Foundation furniture andelectricalshoponFriargate.It’scheaperthannewandyou will be reducing your environmental impact.
Be a Smart Shopper – choose items with less packaging, take a bag with you to the shops, purchase recycled products and seasonal and local produce when available.
Sell or donate things – to a charity rather than throwing them away; for example, at the end of your degree why not sell your core texts to new students.
Food DriveOurStudents’Unionoperateafooddriveattheendoftermto help feed local families via food banks and reduce food waste. Donate tins of food, dried food – such as pasta and rice and unopened and in date food to the Opportunities CentreintheStudents’Union.
Other WasteWaste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE)
Please do not put any waste with this symbol in general bins. Any small electrical items in working order can be donated in the Charity bins located at our Halls of Residences. Any small items for disposal can be sent to FM Waste and Recycling Service (Sizer House) for recycling.
Arrangements for Bulk Waste and RecyclingAt UCLan waste disposal is carefully tracked from the producer to collection and through to final disposal. Please ensure that the correct waste documentation is completed if you have wasteinlargequantitiesorbulkyitemsofwaste.Note:FMWaste and Recycling Service will not collect unless the correct waste documentation is attached. These documents are availableon-lineviatheStudentPortalandtheStaffIntranet.
Confidential waste consoleIt is important that confidential waste is disposed of correctly. At University shredders should be used. All the waste is recycled after shredding. At home make sure you shred personal documents to avoid identity fraud.
*Consoles are only located in some offices on campus, blue bags should be used where these are not available.
Keep on Recycling Please do not contaminate recycling bins with the wrong type ofmaterial-theUniversityreceivesanincomefrommaterialssegregated on campus and then sent for recycling but not if they are contaminated!
Office Recycling To encourage recycling the University replaced individual bins with recycling stations and desk-toprecyclers.Pleaseuseyourdesk-toprecycler to collect waste throughout the day and then segregate it into the appropriate bin.
Note: housekeeping staff are not responsible for emptying your desk-top recycler. You can request a desk-top recycler at FM Waste and Recycling Service [email protected]
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