Aerosols are collected alongside food tins and drinks cans. These items can be placed in the cans section of the recycling bins located around the campus.

Please remove plastic lids where possible.

See food tins and drinks cans.

Aluminium Foil

See foil.

The University has an Asbestos Management Policy. The Directorate of Estates is responsible for the management of asbestos within buildings and building services. If you suspect asbestos please contact the Asbestos Manager Lynn Irving or one of her staff, see the Estates website for further details.

The Directorate of Estates has appointed three specialist companies to carry out asbestos removal works. These are all required to remove asbestos waste using hazardous waste consignment notes, and provide copies to the Waste Co-ordinator.

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Batteries should not be placed in the general waste. The University operates a campus-wide, battery recycling scheme. Battery collection containers are located in every building and are available free of charge from the University Waste Co-ordinator on x65963 or at simon.atkinson@manchester.ac.uk

When the container is full please contact the Campus Cleansing Unit on x52246 (24hr answer-phone) to arrange the collection of the container and the provision of a replacement one. It is important to leave contact details so suitable arrangements can be made for collection.

Waste legislation relating to the storage of batteries has recently changed so it is now possible to place small lead acid batteries as well as nickel cadmium batteries and mercury/button cell batteries in these containers. Please ignore the labels on some of the existing containers that states otherwise.

Household batteries are recycled free of charge via the Valpak Producer Compliance Scheme and are collected by their agents Mercury Recycling.

A number of industrial sized lead acid and nickel cadmium batteries are used across the campus for emergency lighting facilities and they are replaced when required by staff from the Maintenance Services Group in the Directorate of Estates before being sent for reprocessing at G & P Batteries Ltd in Walsall using hazardous waste consignment notes. Where you need to dispose of any of these batteries types, please contact the University Waste Co-ordinator on x65963

See the following links for FAQs and more information about battery recycling. Download the battery recycling poster here

Bicycles

If you have a bike you need to dispose of, please try and re-use rather than dispose of it.

If you are able, please donate it to a local re-use organisation such as the Biko Bikes which is a student project based at the Oxford Road Students Union that aims to recycle/refurbish bikes and rent them back to students at low cost. Another alternative is Cycles recycled. This company was one of the organisations that were part of the Sustainable Travel Event that the University held in November 2010 and they take in unwanted bicycles, no matter what the age or condition, refurbish them and put them back into the community to promote cycling, health and sustainability.

On occasions, schools may wish to dispose of large numbers of books or journals, particularly when moving buildings. Please contact Campus Cleansing x52246 (24hr answer phone) to arrange specific collections.

Books are recycled through Elsa Recycling.

The disposal of books from the University's libraries is carefully managed by the JRUL, further details can be found under section 4c of their Collection Management Policy.




Students can recycle books using the recycling bins at the following collection points. The books are sent to Read International.

City Campus:
Grosvenor Place Reception
Whitworth Park Reception

Victoria Park:
Hulme Hall Dining Room
St Gabriels Dining Room
Dalton Ellis Dining Room
St Anselms Dining Room

Fallowfield:
Owens Park Tower Dining Room
Owens Park Tree Court Dining Room
Owens Park Little Court Dining Room
Fallowfield Source Café
Woolton Hall Dining Room
Allen Hall Dining Room
Ashburne Hall Dining Room

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Bras can be put in the clothing banks around campus, collected on behalf of Oxfam and taken to Wastesavers in Huddersfield for sorting.

Oxfam currently sells the bras to wholesalers in developing countries such as Senegal who sell the bras on to local traders, providing employment opportunities and meeting the needs of local people.

Bras are complex to manufacture so very few developing countries have the facilities to make their own and previously worn bras are a valuable commodity - in some countries they are the single most desirable item of clothing.

There are clothing banks at three locations on the north/main campus:
* at the recycling station to the rear of George Kenyon Hall, University Place (Bdg. 92 on the campus plan)
* at the recycling station alongside the Humanities Bridgeford Street Building opposite Booth Street West multi-story car park (Bdg. 35 on the campus plan)
* at the recycling station alongside The Mill (Bdg. 14 on the campus plan)

See clothes for details of other items which can be placed in the clothing banks.

See food tins and drinks cans.

Staff can recycle cardboard within every building on campus. Please flatten any cardboard boxes and leave out for House Services (Cleaning) staff to collect. Click herefor a list of cardboard items which can be recycled. This is then collected by Campus Cleansing on a daily basis before being sent to Elsa Recycling where it is baled and sent to cardboard mills.

Where possible, especially when buying from a regular supplier, request that they take packaging away with them so it can be re-used where possible. This reduces the amount of waste the University produces, saving money. It will also encourage suppliers to reduce the amount of packaging they use.

Students in George Kenyon Halls can recycle cardboard at the recycling point by University Place, see the recycling map for details.

Cardboard recycling facilities are also currently being installed at other halls of residence. See the STARS Website for details.

On the main campus, cartons can be recycled at the recycling station adjacent to George Kenyon Halls to the rear of University Place.

Cartons can also be recycled at all University Halls of Residence. Within kitchens, cartons should be placed in the blue recycling bag or externally in the blue recycling bins – these can also be used for recycling paper, newspapers and magazines and cardboard - see Halls

CDs and DVDs can be placed in the recycling bins that are situated in the following locations:

* 1st floor of JRUL Main Library (adjacent to the computer consumables dispenser)
* Joule Library Entrance, Sackville Building
* University Place, Ground Floor (adjacent to the entrance to the side of Williamson)

Clear plastic CD cases (including paper inserts) can also be placed in the recycling bins.

If you work in an office that frequently disposes of CDs and DVDs, you can request a small (5 litre) collection container by contacting Simon Atkinson (Waste Co-ordinator)on x65963.

CDs containing confidential information should not be put in the CD Recycling bins. Anyone wishing to dispose of such information should contact their local IT Support for further advice.

Chaffing Fuel

Chaffing fuel is a flammable product that is used to power catering equipment and usually comes in tins. The tins can be recycled along with food tins and drinks cans but they must be emptied of all flammable liquid beforehand to ensure they are safe to dispose of and are not classified as hazardous waste.

Click here for details of the University's Code of Practice on the disposal of waste chemicals and solvents

Clothing is collected on campus on behalf of Oxfam and taken to Wastesavers in Huddersfield for sorting.

Clothing banks are located at the following points:
* at the recycling station to the rear of George Kenyon Hall, University Place (Bdg. 92 on the campus plan)
* alongside the Humanities Bridgeford Street Building opposite the Booth Street West multi-storey car park (Bdg. 35 on the campus plan)
* at the recycling station alongside The Mill (Bdg. 14 on the campus plan)

Items which can be placed in the clothing banks include:
* Any items of wearable clothing and accessories such as hats, scarves, bags and belts.
* Shoes (please fasten pairs together) - including those with slight wear and tear, as minor repairs can be made by traders in developing countries where such items may be sold.
* Bras (see the link for details).
* Textiles such as torn, unwearable clothes, curtains and soft furnishings, and odd socks.

Please ensure that all items are clean and dry.

Computers

See IT equipment for details

New guidelines are now available to all staff on the secure disposal of confidential information.
Staff need to ensure that documents containing confidential information are shredded and not put in the blue bag recycling collection by Estates as this does not provide a sufficiently secure disposal route.
The guidelines issued by the Compliance and Risk Office have been made available online under Information Security. The information includes:

* Examples of confidential information
* How to choose whether to use a shredding machine or on-site shredding service
* Features to consider when buying a shredding machine
* University-approved suppliers of shredding services
* How to dispose of data held on PCs, CDs etc

If you do not already have access to a shredding machine or service, you are advised to consult with colleagues in the same building first, as you may be able to share facilities

Dead Animals

Please report any dead animals you find around the campus to the Campus Cleansing Unit on x52246 (24hr answerphone) and they will arrange safe collection and disposal

The University has obligations under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations to segregate any electrical waste in order to treat it separately from general waste to enable it to be recovered and recycled.

It is a criminal offence to put certain electrical items such as old style (Cathode ray tube) televisions and monitors and fridges into the general waste stream. Such items are classed as hazardous waste and need to be disposed of appropriately. There are existing arrangements in place for such items, see the links for details. If in doubt about how to dispose of these, or any other items, please contact the Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson on x65963.

For electrical waste that isn’t IT related, please contact the Campus Cleansing Unit on x52246 to arrange collection. Electrical waste is returned to a central location and subsequently transported to Sims waste treatment site in Stalybridge.

See this link to watch a video of a Sims WEEE recycling plant in the Netherlands.

Fluorescent tubes and sodium lamps are used throughout the University for lighting and are both classified as hazardous waste once they are discarded due to the fact they contain substances that could harm the environment.

Used fluorescent tubes/sodium lamps are replaced by Estates staff and are stored in a number of storage facilities across the University (as shown) before being collected and treated by Mercury Recycling Ltd in Trafford Park under the Recolight Scheme. This service is carried out free of charge as a result of the WEEE Regulations that require producers of fluorescent tubes/sodium lamps to collect/treat their waste. For more information on lamp recycling click here.

A hazardous waste consignment note is required to accompany each collection and copies of all such paperwork are retained by the University’s Waste Co-ordinator (contact x52246). Please contact the Estates helpdesk on x52424 should you need a tube/lamp replacing.

Staff can recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs at the collection point adjacent to the "Ask Me" desk in University Place through the CoBRA recycling scheme. For further advice on the disposal of household compact fluorescent bulbs click here

Aluminium foil (clean foil only please) can now be deposited in any of the can recycling facilities around campus.

These items can be placed in the recycling bins and can banks situated in public areas across the campus.

Please wash tins and cans where appropriate, especially those that have contained food. If you are able to, please crush cans before depositing them.

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The University is actively looking into the options available for treating food waste to reduce the amount sent to landfill.

A number of commercial waste companies are now constructing food waste treatment plants such as anaerobic digestors and the University will identify activities that produce significant quantities of food waste with a view to collecting it separately and diverting it to such facilities and include this option when the next waste disposal contract is tendered (late 2011).

Most waste fridges and freezers will be classified as hazardous waste due to their CFC content. It is therefore essential that these are disposed of correctly in order to comply with the Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005

There is a disposal charge of £20 per fridge/freezer to cover the costs of the Campus Cleansing Unit (CCU) and the hazardous waste paperwork. An internal purchase order needs to be faxed to CCU on 275 57156 (x57156) prior to collection. Please contact Paul Shaw (CCU Supervisor, x57157) for any assistance in this.

Fridges/freezers from lab areas or which may have contained any hazardous (chemical/biological etc) materials, need to be accompanied with a decontamination certificate before they can be collected by CCU.

Fridges/freezers are securely stored at the ESU depot prior to collection by the University’s general waste contractors, Enterprise, and taken to Sims waste treatment facility.

Wherever possible please re-use any furniture you need to dispose of using the following hierarchy:

1. Ask colleagues or your Head of School Admin to see if anyone else can use your unwanted furniture locally
2. Speak to your Faculty Estate Team to see if they know of anyone else who might want to re-use it
3. If you can store the unwanted furniture for a short time, advertise its availability to other staff on the furniture4reuse webpage
4. If you are unable to store unwanted furniture please contact your Building Superintendent to arrange its removal. All unwanted furniture will now be returned to a furniture repository and items suitable for re-use will be advertised on the furniture4reuse webpage.
5. Items that are assessed at the repository as not being suitable for re-use will be disposed of to a local furniture re-use company upmcr.com rather than sent for disposal

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Green waste is produced on the campus and at Halls of Residence by the Landscape Services Unit which is part of the Directorate of Estates, who try to deal with this as sustainably as possible

Landscape staff are directed to return as much green waste as possible to the ground at the site from where it is produced. If this is not possible, green waste produced on the main and north campuses is returned to the “green waste” skip at the ESU Depot. From here it is collected by the University’s general waste contractors and taken to a local waste facility licensed by the Environment Agency where it is shredded in order to be composted.

With regards to the green waste that is produced by activities at the Fallowfield campus there are similar arrangements in place for the segregation of green waste so that again, this can be collected and be sent for shredding.

In addition, the University has registered a number of waste management exemptions with the Environment Agency in order to allow Landscape Services to shred waste and use it on site as well as registering an exemption to allow for composting of green waste at Jodrell Bank.

The Environmental Services Unit has considered composting material produced on the main campus but this is not possible as there is a general presumption against composting in the open within 250 metres of commercial/office premises due to the potential risks from bio-aerosols. The alternative would be to compost material on the main campus within an enclosed vessel/process, but as yet we have been unable to find a composter that will deal solely with “green waste” in the quantities in which we produce it.

Wherever possible, gas bottles/cylinders should be returned to the company that manufactured them as it is difficult to dispose of such items. See the following link for help in identifying a manufacturer or distributor.

Wastecare operates the CylinderCare scheme that provides a free nationwide service for the collection and recovery of most makes of UK LPG bottles and gas cylinders.

The scheme is supported by the UK’s largest bottled gas producers to provide a service for the free return of their gas bottles. Please contact the Waste Co-ordinator on x65963 if you have gas bottles/cylinders that need to be disposed of that may be covered by this scheme.

Where a manufacture or distributor cannot be identified, such items have to be disposed of at a waste management facility licensed by the Environment Agency and there will be a charge. Please contact the Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson on x65963 should you need to dispose of gas bottles/cylinders.

The University is aware of a number of companies who can provide cylinder disposal services where these have been abandoned or the original supplier or manufacturer cannot be identified.

*Synergy Recycling

*Meridian Technical Services Ltd

*Chesterfield Specialist Cylinders Ltd

*Greenway Environmental

Different colours of glass can be recycled in the glass banks situated in public areas around the campus as follows:
*1 x mixed glass recycling unit at the recycling station alongside the Humanities Bridgeford Street Building (Bdg. No 35 on campus plan) opposite Booth Street West Car Park D
*Clear, green and brown glass banks to the rear of the Williamson Building (Bdg. No. 52)
*Clear, green and brown glass banks to the rear of the Simon Building (Bdg. No. 59)
* 1 x mixed glass recycling unit in the recycling station to the rear of the Stopford Building (Bdg. No.79)
* 1 x mixed glass recycling unit in the recycling station in front of the Granby Row entrance of the Sackville Street Building (Bdg. No. 1)
* 1 x mixed glass recycling unit in the recycling station alongside The Mill (Bdg. No. 14)

Follow the link to see how Glass Recycling UK recycle our glass.

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Hypodermic Needles

Please report any needles you find around the campus to the Campus Cleansing Unit on x52246 (24hr answerphone) and they will arrange safe collection and disposal.

Helium Bottles

Helium bottles can be disposed of as scrap metal and can be collected by the Campus Cleansing Unit provided they are empty of all contents. Please contact the University Waste Co-ordinator on x65963 should you wish to dispose of any such items.

IT Equipment

Anyone wanting to dispose of any IT related equipment should contact the IT Services Helpdesk on x65544 for them to arrange collection. IT Services staff are now collecting redundant IT equipment and assessing it for potential re-use across the University. Any equipment that cannot be re-used is subsequently collected by the University’s contractors CDL Ltd. Further information is available on the IT Services webpage.

Below is a list of items that CDL Ltd are able to accept:

* Desktop systems
* Monitors
* Laptops
* Docking stations
* Printers
* Servers
* Data cabinets
* Ups's/plotters

Inkjet Printer Cartridges

See printer cartridges for details.

Keys

These can be recycled with scrap metal. Please put any surplus keys in the internal post FAO the University's Waste Co-ordinator, Rm. G.006, Beyer Building.

See fluorescent tubes for details.

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Mercury Containing Items

Many items containing mercury will be classed as hazardous waste and therefore require specialist disposal. Please contact the University Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson x65963 for more information.

Such items include:

*Thermometers
*Mercury switches
*Mercury burners
*Sphygmomanometers
*Projector bulbs/lamps

Micro-fiches

See Photographic film/negatives for details.

Staff mobile phones (and land-line telephones) should be returned to the telecoms office on the Lower Ground floor of the John Owens Building for re-use or recycling. The telecoms office recycle redundant mobile phones via Vodaphone

Students can recycle mobile phones by placing them in one of the printer cartridge recycling bins that are at the following locations

* 1st floor of JRUL Main Library
*Joule Library Entrance, Sackville Building
*University Place, Ground Floor
*Main reception Fallowfield Campu
*Grosvenor Place Reception.

For information on landline phones see telephones.

These items can be recycled alongside office paper. Ideally, large volumes of these items should be placed in the recycling bins specifically for newspapers and magazines situated around the campus. Please contact the Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson on x65963 for details.

Additional recycling boxes are available for free from Campus Cleansing – please contact x52245.

Alternative arrangements exist for the disposal of large volumes of publications/leaflets/magazines.

Oils

See waste oils for details.

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Empty paint tins/plastic containers can be disposed of in the general waste if they are empty.

If they still have paint in, disposal becomes complicated as depending on the type of paint, they may be classed as hazardous waste. Therefore, wherever possible, please ensure that contractors take back any used paint/containers.

If you do have waste paint/containers to dispose of, an assessment needs to be made of the contents and specialist advice should be sought – contact the University’s Waste Co-ordinator Simon Atkinson for advice on x65963 or at simon.atkinson@manchester.ac.uk .

A good rule of thumb is that if the paint is water-based it shouldn’t be hazardous waste but any solvent based paints, or any containers with hazard signs of any sort on the side could well be classed as hazardous waste.

Further advice on the disposal of paints can be found here.

There may also be the possibility of donating unwanted paint rather than disposing of it, through the Community Repaint Scheme.

Pallets

Wherever possible please discuss the delivery arrangements with your supplier to minimise the amount of packaging that the goods come in and ask suppliers to allow return/re-use of packaging.

Where goods are delivered on pallets, where possible, remove the goods from the pallet on delivery and return the pallets to the supplier.

Most pallets that are not returned will need to be disposed of alongside other wood items.

Some pallets may be collected under the CHEP scheme

Paper items can be placed in the reycling bins situated in public areas around campus. See the recycling map for details.

Within buildings, please put all your waste paper into one of the many paper recycling boxes with the blue bags in them. The ‘Blue Bag’ scheme has operated successfully for a number of years and the University currently recycles around 290 tonnes of waste office paper per year.

Click here for a list of items which can be placed in the waste paper.

Additional recycling boxes are available for free from Campus Cleansing – please contact x52246.

If you need to dispose of large numbers of publications/leaflets/magazines, please do not place them in the office paper recycling boxes. In these instances, please contact the Campus Cleansing Unit (x52246) who will arrange for a large wheeled bin to be provided to ensure such material is collected and recycled. Alternative arrangements can be made where access for wheeled bins is not possible.

For advice on the disposal of confidential waste paper click here

Photographic film / negatives

The University has worked with a specialist silver recovery company to remove photographic material such as microfiches and x-rays. Please contact the University Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson on x65963 for further details. Where large volumes are involved the University may be able to to generate an income from this material.

These items can be placed in the recycling bins situated in public areas around the campus.

Plastics are collected by Elsa Recycling, in Reddish, Stockport where they are baled and sent for recycling (generally overseas).

See the Waste Online website for more information on plastics recycling.

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Postage Stamps

See stamps for details.

Inkjet cartridges can be recycled at one of the 5 printer cartridge recycling bins situated in the following locations:

* 1st floor of JRUL Main Library
* Joule Library Entrance, Sackville Building
* University Place, Ground Floor
* Main reception Fallowfield Campus
* Grosvenor Place Reception

For the disposal of toner cartridges see toner cartridges.

Projector Lamps

Most projector lamps will be classed as hazardous waste as they contain mercury and therefore require specialist disposal. Please contact the University Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson x65963 for more information.

Radioactive Waste

Click here for details

Scrap metal should be collected by Campus Cleansing (x52246 - 24hr answer phone). This is sent to European Metal Recycling in Salford for recycling.

See the Waste Online website for more information on metal recycling.

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There is one shoe recycling bank on the main campus which is situated outside the Student Services Centre on Burlington Street.

The shoe bank is emptied by European Recycling Ltd..

Smoke Detectors

Ionisation chamber smoke detectors (ICSDs) contain a small radioactive source (americium-241). ICSDs are constructed to an international safety standard that ensures that detectors do not represent a significant risk to users, both during normal use and following accidental damage. This also minimises the radiation doses to persons arising from uncontrolled disposal.

Therefore, the Environment Agency permits the disposal of modern ICSDs in the normal general waste stream in the following circumstances:

(i) the smoke detector must be contained within refuse which is not radioactive, and

(ii) no more than one smoke detector should be disposed of within a 0.1m3 volume of refuse.

Individual smoke detectors can therefore be disposed of with general waste. If you have large amounts of smoke detectors please contact the University’s Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson (x65963) for further advice

Sodium Lamps

See fluorescent tubes for details.

Spectacles can be recycled through the School of Optometry by taking them to their reception in the Carys Bannister Building (Bdg. no.88 on the campus plan). Spectacles will be re-used for teaching purposes where possible or donated to charities.

Alternatively,see Vision Aid for your nearest opticians that collect/recycle spectacles.

Stamps

Many charities, such as the RSPB and Guide Dogs for the Blind, raise money by collecting used postage stamps for resale to stamp dealers. Used overseas postage stamps are worth around four times more to charities than UK or mixed UK and overseas stamps.

You can send your stamps in the internal mail to Simon Atkinson, G.006 Beyer Building.

See food tins and drinks cans.

Arrangements are in place for certain engineering groups within the Sackville Building for the collection and recycling of swarf (waste metal turnings) and other metal off-cuts using a local waste contractor licensed by the Environment Agency.

Please contact the Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson on x65963 if you wish to set up similar arrangements.

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Telephones

Staff land-line telephones should be returned to the telecoms office on the Lower Ground floor of the Beyer Building. These are either re-used or sent for re-processing/recovery with the University’s other electrical waste. For mobile phones, see mobile phones.

Ideally these items should be placed in the recycling bins specifically for newspapers and magazines. However, small volumes of these items can be placed in any of the paper recycling bins situated in public areas around campus. Please contact the Waste Co-ordinator Simon Atkinson on x65963 for for locations.

Staff can place small volumes of these items in the waste paper boxes which should be present in every office.

TVs – Please contact the Campus Cleansing Unit on x52246 should you need any waste televisions disposing of. These are taken back to a central point before being collected by the University’s general waste contractor and sent for treatment at Sims waste treatment site in Stalybridge, licensed by the Environment Agency.

Old style (cathode ray tube) TVs are classed as hazardous waste and need to be disposed of appropriately. It is a criminal offence to put these items into the general waste stream.

Monitors – see IT Equipment. Please note that some older style monitors containing cathode ray tubes are classed as hazardous waste and need to be disposed of appropriately. It is a criminal offence to put these items into the general waste stream.

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The University operates a campus-wide recycling scheme for toner cartridges.

Toners are returned to the Environmental Services Unit Depot from where they are collected by OfficeGreen who give the a University a rebate on certain brands which the University donate on a regular basis to local Charities (see Staff Update for details).

Where possible please return toner cartridges in their original/equivalent packaging (this increases the potential for reuse and the packaging will be recycled). Cartridges must be packed in clear plastic bags and left at your local waste paper collection point, your House Services staff can be contacted for details if necessary. Fill to a maximum of 5 boxes per bag and tie up the bags.

Inkjet cartridges and mobile phones can also be placed in the clear bags for recycling.
We are unable to recycle toner bottles, please place these in the general waste.

Clear plastic bags are available from House Services staff, alternatively, contact Simon Atkinson, the Waste Co-ordinator:
Simon.Atkinson@manchester.ac.uk
x65963

UV Lamps

These are classified as hazardous waste and require specialist disposal. Please contact the University Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson x65965 for more information.

The University is aware of one company who is able to recycle video tapes but individuals must arrange this and the company may charge for this service.

Waste Oils

The disposal of waste oils is the responsibility of the individual school/faculty as all waste oils are classed as hazardous waste.

The disposal of waste oils produced by operations within the Directorate of Estates and Facilities is overseen by the University Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson, who is also able to provide advice on appropriate disposal to schools/faculties.

Waste oils produced from the maintenance of landscaping and other machinery is stored at the Environmental Services Depot prior to collection/treatment by waste contractors OSS Group who treat it at a local waste oil treatment facility licensed by the Environment agency.

Waste oils produced by the maintenance of the electrical transformers and high voltage (HV) switchgear around the University are removed by United Utilities and sent to a local waste oil treatment facility operated by Grosvenor Power Services which is licensed by the Environment Agency.

Large items of wood such as pallets etc. can be collected by Campus Cleansing (x52246 - 24hr answer phone). This is sent to Hadfield Wood Recyclers where it is recycled.

See the Waste Online website for more information on wood recycling.

For the disposal of wood pallets click here

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Xenon short-arc lamps

These are classified as hazardous waste due to them containing mercury and therefore require specialist disposal. Please contact the University Waste Co-ordinator, Simon Atkinson x65965 for more information and to arrange disposal.

X-rays

See Photographic film/negatives for details.

Yellow Pages

Small numbers of these can be placed in office paper recycling (blue bags) bins. However, we would prefer them to be placed in one of the Newspaper and Magazine recycling bins that are located around the campus. There are a number of theses permanently located in front of the Martin Harris Building on Coupland Street.