Rubbish and Recycling

We're trying to keep our environmental footprint to a minimum. Here's what we can recycle in the lab/at Summerhall:

Other waste unfortunately has to be landfilled, unless we can find other recycling solutions. There are grey-lidded landfill bins in the Summerhall courtyard.

If you see the in-lab recycling is full, please empty it to the bins in the courtyard. The same goes for the landfill bins in the lab!

• Paper - e.g. dry paper waste, newspapers, office paper and magazines
• Cardboard – e.g. corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes and card
• Metal cans – e.g. clean, empty drinks cans and food tins
• Plastic – e.g. packaging films, rinsed out milk bottles, empty drinks bottles & clean salad trays, rinsed out margarine tubs & microwaveable meal trays

• Black bags (because our drivers cannot see if it is recyclable material in the bag)
• Waxed paper cups (takeaway cups from most high street coffee chains)
• Crisp packets and sweet wrappers
• Food and canteen waste
• Liquids
• Polystyrene
• Glass and ceramics
• Wood
• Textiles or lengths of strapping
• Hard and rigid plastics (e.g. window frames, pipes, drums or other bulky non-compactable plastic items)
• Containers with any residue of food or hazardous material (e.g. paint tins or bleach bottles)