Recycling disposal guide
- Batteries
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Collections are carried out four times a year from 18 different locations, please refer to battery_collection_points for locations.
- Books
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Book bank outside York House.
- Cans
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Internal recycling bins are located in every academic/admin building, please use the bins labelled 'plastic bottles and cans' or 'co-mingled recycling'
You can also use our 'Minima' can and plastic bottle crushing machine at one of the following locations:
- Chichester 1 Common Room, outside the lecture theatre
- Falmer Sports Complex, next to the vending machines at reception
- Fulton Building social space on the ground floor
- Library Cafe opposite the vending machines
- Sports Centre, near to vending machines
Residences please use the council bins (see map)
- Card
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Internal recycling bins are located in every academic/admin building they are labelled 'paper and card' or co-mingled.
Residences please use the council bins (see map) please remember to flatten your card before placing it in the bin
- Confidential Paper Waste
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For shredding - please contact your school office for supply of sacks.
- Corks
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Please send via internal mail to Rachael Adari, Hastings Building.
- Clothes/Textiles
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Can be recycled in one of our clothes banks:
- York House, outside the SU Shop - British Heart Foundation
- Bus turning circle - Save the Children
- CDs/DVDs
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Please send via internal mail to Rachael Adari, Hastings Building.
- Electrical Equipment
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All WEEE can be collected on request from allocated areas around campus. Please contact Rachael Adari on ext. 3314 or R.A.Adari@sussex.ac.uk to arrange collection.
- Food
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We have composting facilities in the following locations:
- Chichester 1 Building, Student Life Centre
- Essex House
- Falmer House
- Freeman Centre
- Friston Building
- Hastings Building, main corridor
- JMS rear exit
- Mantell Building
- Meeting House
- Pevensey 2 & 3 Buildings
- Sussex House
- Arts B
Please place uncooked food, such as fruit peelings, tea bags, flowers etc in the compost bins. The content of these bins is put onto the compost heaps in the green waste compound.
We have food waste segregation facilities in the following locations:
Since September 2012 the University has been segregating food waste from our catering outlets.
- Arts Piazza Cafe
- Bramber House
- Dhaba Cafe
- Drs Orders Cafe
- Falmer Bar
- Falmer Sports Complex
- IDS Bar and Cafe
- Library Cafe
- Pevensey Bridge Cafe
We currently produce approx 7 tonnes of food waste per month which is diverted from landfill and energy recovery to an In-Vessell Composting Facility.
The method of composting confines the food waste within a building, in which air flow and temperature are controlled. The final result is used in horticultural, amenity and agricultural markets.
Therefore our food waste is no longer used to recover energy as part of an energy recovery facility but is converted into compost used on land.
- Furniture
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Please register on WARP-it our new furniture reuse scheme which is active nationwide with external partners and charities, register at www.warp-it.co.uk/us
- Glass
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We do not have internal recycling facilities for glass in academic/admin buildings, but glass can be taken to your nearest external recycling facility
- Bin compound outside Chichester 3
- Falmer House
- JMS Loading Bay
- Mantell Building
- Pevensey 2 bin compound
- Sussex House bin compound
- Trafford Centre bin compound
Please see map
Residences please use the council bins (see map)
- Ink cartridges/toner cartridges
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Please send via internal mail to Rachael Adari, Hastings Building. Residences - please use the collection boxes in the reception areas of the following locations:
- York House
- Brighthelm
- East Slope
- Lancaster House
- Lewes Court
- Park Village
- Stanmer Court
- Swanborough
- Metal
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Can be collected from allocated compounds around campus by request and recycled. Please contact Rachael Adari on ext 3314 or R.A.Adari@sussex.ac.uk.
- Mobile Phones
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Please send via internal mail to Rachael Adari, Hastings Building or Residences - Please use the collection boxes located in the reception areas of the following locations:
- York House
- Brighthelm
- East Slope
- Lancaster House
- Lewes Court
- Park Village
- Stanmer Court
- Swanborough
- Paper
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Internal recycling bins are located in every academic/admin building they are labelled 'paper and card' or co-mingled.
Recycling bags/boxes are provided in the residential kitchens, contents should go to the bring sites (see map)
Please recycle: white paper, coloured paper, envelopes (including window envelopes), catalogues, directories and yellow pages.
DO NOT put laminated paper into the recycling bins.
- Plastic
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Internal recycling bins are located in every academic/admin building, we recycle plastic bottles only (no lids). DO NOT place sandwich packaging, yoghurt pots, microwavable containers etc in the recycling bins.
You can also use our 'Minima' can and plastic bottle crushing machine at one of the following locations:
- Chichester 1 Common Room, outside the lecture theatre
- Falmer Sports Complex, next to the vending machines at reception
- Fulton Building social space on the ground floor
- Library Cafe opposite the vending machines
- Pevensey 2 Building, next to the vending machine at the undercroft entrance
- Sports Centre, near to vending machines
Please use the bins labelled 'plastic bottles and cans' or 'co- mingled recycling'.Residences please use the council bins (see map)
- Tetra Pak
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At York House and the bus turning circle.
- Toner bottles from photocopiers
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Please send via internal mail to Rachael Adari, Hastings Building
- Wood
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Can be collected from allocated compounds around campus by request and recycled. Please contact Rachael Adari on ext 3314 or R.A.Adari@sussex.ac.uk.