Aerosols |
Recycle in Can Banks, located at Kitchen Yard and Cripps Court. |
Aluminium foil |
Clean kitchen foil, milk bottle tops, ready-meal foil containers etc. - recycle in Can Banks, located at Kitchen Yard and Cripps Court. |
Batteries |
Used batteries recycled via Porters' Lodge. |
Bubble-wrap
Cans |
Bubble-wrap can be forwarded to the Development Office for re-use.
Clean food and drinks cans - recycle in Can Banks, located at Kitchen Yard and Cripps Court. |
Cardboard |
Recycle in the cardboard skip in Kitchen Yard. Must be flattened and have all packaging / staples removed. |
Computers & IT equipment |
The College is now legally required to dispose of all electrical appliances separately. Contact the IT Office regarding recycling discarded computers & IT equipment. |
Cycles & cycle parts |
The Bikeman, Market Square, will recycle bikes and can collect in bulk. The Owls Project (Tel.835329) will collect donated bicycles for recycling. |
Electrical appliances |
The College is now legally required to dispose of all electrical appliances separately - contact the Domestic Dept. regarding disposal. Electrical retailers may also offer in-store take-back of their old products free of charge, if bought after 13 August, 2005. Retailers may also take back older products free of charge when you make a like-for-like purchase, no matter where you bought the original product. |
Envelopes |
Recycle white envelopes with paper (remove all plastic windows). Re-use brown envelopes where possible, or dispose of in green wheelie-bin (Cripps Court) for composting (remove all plastic windows). |
Glass |
Recycle glass bottles and jars in green / clear / brown bottle banks located at Kitchen Yard and Cripps Crt. |
Kitchen/green waste |
Use the single green wheelie-bin located in the Cripps Court recycling area for compostable kitchen waste. |
Lids |
Metal lids from jars can be recycled in Can Banks, located Kitchen Yard and Cripps Court. |
Metals |
Contact the Maintenance Dept. for recycling scrap metal. Not to be disposed of in the general waste. |
Photocopier toner cartridges
Plastic bottles
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Forward photocopier toner cartridges to the College Library for recycling.
Recycle in plastic bottle banks, located in Kitchen Yard and Cripps Court, or in blue kerb-side recycling boxes (College hostels only). Plastic bottles should be washed and squashed, with lids discarded. |
Plastic packaging (except bottles & corks) |
Facilities do not currently exist for recycling these items. Avoid purchasing items with excessive packaging. |
Plastic wine corks |
Recycle at Oddbins, Trumpington St. |
Paper |
All paper (including white envelopes - no windows) can be recycled at Cripps Crt. & Kitchen Yard. Paper is collected every Wednesday from College offices. |
Printer cartridges |
Forward inkjet & laser printer cartridges to the IT Office for recycling. |
Tetrapak (milk, juice, soup cartons etc.) |
Tetrapak cartons can be recycled at most large supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsburys', Waitrose). |
Textiles |
Unwanted textiles and clothes can be taken to textile banks at City Council recycling centres (nearest one at Lammasland, Newnham). |
White appliances |
The College is now legally required to dispose of electrical appliances separately. Contact the Maintenance Dept. regarding disposal of white appliances, such as fridges and cookers. |
Wood
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Contact the Maintenance Dept. for recycling treated wood. The green wheelie-bins at Cripps Court are provided solely for untreated wood and garden waste from the College grounds only. |
College recycling facilities:
Cripps Court (adjacent to University Rugby Ground): Glass bottle & jar banks, can bank, green bin (garden/kitchen waste), paper bank, plastic bottle bank.
Kitchen Yard (adjacent to Sidgwick Avenue): glass bottle & jar banks,
can bank, cardboard skip, paper bank, plastic bottle bank, kitchen waste.
College hostels: Black boxes (for paper, glass & all items recycled in can banks) and Blue boxes (for plastic bottles), green wheelie-bins (garden/kitchen waste). |
