Support services

Waste reduction and recycling

Greenspace Bin

Residential Services provides suitable facilities for waste management and recycling across all Halls, whilst also promoting the prevention of waste at source wherever possible. We apply the waste hierarchy of the 3R's shown below in our approach for prioritising how waste should be managed based on its environmental impact.

Reduce the amount of waste we accumulate. Select items with the least packaging and, wherever possible, buy better quality items that should last longer.

Re-use items instead of throwing them away. Pass items on, repair them, or adapt them for other uses. Many items, such as clothes or unwanted gifts, can be passed on via the Halls 'Bag it Up for Charity' scheme.

Recycle everything that can be recycled, which will significantly reduce the amount of waste needing disposal.

Recycling in Halls

Recycle: Don't waste it!

A large percentage of UK household's still do not recycle enough and throw everything that they consider 'rubbish' into their ordinary bin. Much of this waste can be recycled and should be disposed of separately to general household waste.

Outside of Halls you will find purple coloured bins for you to dispose of your general waste and Greenspace bins for materials suitable for recycling.

Where can I find my recycling bins?

Guildhall Halls and Langstone Student Village

Each kitchen is provided with a tall 'Slim Jim' bin with several clear plastic bags. Fill the bags with your recycling keeping them in the bin. Once you have filled the bin take the clear bag down to your Greenspace recycling bin and place it in the bin. Please do not put black bin liners into the Greenspace recycling bins even if they have recycling in them.

The Greenspace recycling bins are located as follows:

Guildhall Halls

  • Margaret Rule Hall - next to the south entrance
  • Bateson Hall - next to reception opposite B block
  • Harry Law Hall - in the underground car park near the lift and the laundry
  • Trafalgar Hall - alongside the building (turn right as you leave the entrance)
  • James Watson Hall - on the podium between D and N block

Langstone Student Village

  • Langstone Flats
  • End of A and B houses
  • Trust Block
  • Outside restaurant entrance opposite QEQM

Rees & Burrell

At Rees Hall recycling bins are located in the pantry opposite each lift on floors 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

At Burrell House recycling bins are located at the entrance to the car park.

Recycling competition

An inter-hall recycling competition runs from the start of the year and you will be given monthly updates as to which hall is recycling the most. An average will be worked out for each hall monthly and be displayed on the foyers environmental notice board.

What can be recycled in Halls Greenspace bins?

Recycle: What can be recycled?
  • Metal Cans (both ferrous & aluminium)
  • Cardboard (waxed/plastic coated) – Includes "Tetra Pack"
  • Cardboard boxes (plain)
  • Cardboard tubes
  • Cards (birthday/Christmas etc)
  • Cartons (juice, milk etc)
  • Catalogues
  • Cereal boxes
  • Detergent/washing powder boxes
  • Directories
  • Egg cartons
  • Envelopes
  • Glass bottles/jars (All colours)
  • Kitchen roll
  • Paper plates
  • Phone books
  • Plastic bottles (All Types and Tops)
  • Plastic containers
  • Shredded paper
  • Telephone
  • Junk mail/Magazines
  • Margarine tubs
  • Newspaper
  • Paper bags
  • Paper (plain directories)
  • Toilet roll tubes
  • The Yellow pages
  • Yoghurt pots

Please wash these items out if they contain food as, although it is organic, it is not able to be recycled. This includes tea bags.

Bag it up for Charity Event

At the end of each semester we run a 'bag it up for charity' event. Each of the three campus based Halls are linked with a charity partner. Normally Oxfam Environmental Ambassadors visit flats and hand out donation sacks, explaining to students that instead of throwing away their re-useable items it is a lot more environmentally friendly to donate them to charity. The charity received good quality items to use as stock in their shops, the halls saved on costs by not needing so many skip collections and we have the satisfaction of helping to improve the environment by reducing the amount of waste taken to landfill.

WEEE Directive

The Environment Agency created the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) which came into force in January 2007. It is a piece of legislation covering the whole of the European Union that aims to reduce the amount of electrical and electronic waste that ends up in landfill sites.

We therefore ask you not to place these items into general or recycling waste bins as this is now illegal. Halls receptions will advise you about disposal. The list of items covered by the WEEE directive is extensive and covers items such as:

  • Small appliances (kettles, irons, toasters, coffee machines, electric toothbrushes etc)
  • IT and telecommunications equipment (PCs, laptops, monitors, keyboards, printers, cordless phones)
  • Consumer equipment (radios, TVs, DVD players, video recorders etc)
  • Lighting equipment e.g. low-energy Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs)
  • Electric tools: all tools such as drills, saws, sewing machines. Only large, stationary industrial tools are exempt
  • Electric toys, sport and leisure equipment: electric trains, game consoles, cycle computers etc

Batteries

Batteries must be handed in to your hall reception for disposal.

Mobile/ Printer cartridges

Printer cartridges and mobile phones can be handed in at your halls reception for recycling.

Light bulbs

Light bulbs should be handed in to your hall reception for disposal.

For further information visit www.environment-agency.org.uk.