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-Out of the Blue provide Waste and Recylcing facilities. These are the details that I've gathered from being around the lab for a while, they might differ from the "offical" line if such a thing exists. Please update with new info.
+====== 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:
-|=|Material|=|Location in Lab|=|Final Destination||
+^ Material ^ Location in the lab ^ Final destination ^
-||Metal Drinks Cans: Beer, Coke etc||Small bag maybe?
+| Glass | G1 kitchen area | Glass bins in the Summerhall courtyard |
-Empty them first||Official: Bin at side of OOTB, complicated procedure about having to put in a large bag first.
+| Cans, plastics, paper, card and cardboard (see below)  | G1 kitchen area | Orange-lidded "Dry mixed recyclables" bins in the courtyard |
-Unofficial: Package Recycling in street
+| WEEE (electricals/electronics) | No | Do not WEEE in the lab. You should dispose of this elsewhere. |
-Lazy: In the landfill ||
-||Glasss bottles: Club Mate  & Beer bottles||Usually should be one "empty" yellow mate crate, rinse and remove any tops/lids||Official: When the crate is full or when convenient  dump in one of the four blue/green wheely bins  at side of OOTB. Minimise noise if doing it late (say after 10pm??) ||
-||Everything else||Green bin, make sure there is a bin liner in it first.||Official: When bin full/ danger of getting a bit "ripe"  dump in "Trade Waste" bin  at side of OOTB.
-Unofficial: Black bins in street||
-=====Where are the OOTB bins?=====
+Other waste unfortunately has to be landfilled, unless we can find other recycling solutions. There are grey-lidded landfill bins in the Summerhall courtyard.
-The bins are located around the side of the building. To get to them:
+**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!**
-	- Make sure you have your keys!
-	- Go down the stairs from the lab, on the ground floor instead of going out the front door turn left and go through the white door
+===== ✔ What can be recycled in the orange bins? ✔ =====
-	- Go through the arch and turn left again
-	- Go though the double glass doors, push the button with a disabled logo.
+  * Paper - e.g. dry paper waste, newspapers, office paper and magazines
-	-  Bins are just outside
+  * Cardboard – e.g. corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes and card
-	- Try pushing the button to get back in or if that doesn't work go out the fire exit onto the street, might need a strong push and go in the front door as normal.
+  * 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
+===== ✘ What **can't** be recycled in the orange bins? ✘ =====
+  * 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)