g n i l c y c e R A-Z Guide to
What could you have recycled today?
g n i l c y c Re A-Z Guide to
Welcome to the Blackpool and The Fylde College guide to recycling. Over the last four years, the College has been working hard to improve recycling rates and reduce the volume of waste going to landfill. We understand that recycling can be quite confusing at times so to help simplify things we have put this guide together that provides practical advice about recycling at the College. Please consider that it costs the College more to send rubbish to landfill than it does to recycle, so we need the full support of our staff, students and visitors to make our recycling schemes successful. If you do have any further questions, comments or suggestions please do not hesitate to contact us. A useful contacts page is at the back of this guide.
Britain is running out of landfill space, so the Government is making landfill waste disposal ever more expensive to try to encourage everybody to recycle more. Where will all our waste go once landfill sites have run out? Just think‌ up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled or reused.
What could you have recycled today?
g n i l c y c e R Aluminium cans
Place in... aluminium can recycling bins l Please ensure they are empty.
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Aluminium foil
worth ÂŁ36,000,000 is of aluminum each thrown away year (recycling 2011) guide.org.uk,
Place in... can recycling bins l Crisp packets and chocolate wrappers, etc, are not aluminium foil. Please put these into the general waste bins.
Battery recycling Please do not put batteries in general waste
l Battery recycling containers are available in reception areas, LITS and Estates are using the environmentally sustainable company BatteryBack. l If you would like a battery recycling container in your area please contact prey@blackpool.ac.uk
g n i l c y c e R Books
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Can the books be reused?
l The College works with the charity Better World Books to recycle all our used books. To recycle books please contact Pam Reynolds at prey@blackpool.ac.uk l If books are in poor condition place in the paper recycling bin.
Every year 13 millions books are sent to landfill in the UK (codep , 2011)
Cables Please do not put cables in general waste
l All electrical waste is to be stored until there is sufficient quantity to be transferred to the WEEE container. Please contact the LITS team on helpdesk@blackpool.ac.uk ex 4222 when your electrical waste is ready to be transferred.
Card and food packaging l Cardboard is recycled across all areas of the College. l Office cardboard – Please flat-pack cardboard and leave next to the general waste bins for collection. l Large volumes of cardboard produced by departments on the Bispham campus can be taken directly to the cardboard compactor. To arrange a collection, or for more information, contact Ken Bradley at KBR@blackpool.ac.uk. l For hints and tips on how to reduce the amount of food packaging you buy visit: www.positivepackage.org.uk
Confidential CDs
and DVDs
Place in... Confidential waste bags l Recycle these in the confidential waste bags which are provided by the estates team, contact estsup@blackpool.ac.uk
Confidential waste Place in... Confidential waste bags l A contract is in place with a confidential off-site shredding and recycling service. This also includes small volumes of laminated paper, CDs and DVDs. l If you require a confidential waste collection or a new bag contact the 70% less energ y is Estates Supervisors required to re cycle at estsup@ paper compa blackpool.ac.uk red
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Crisps/snack food packets
with making it from raw materials
Place in... general waste bins
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g n i l c y c e R Electrical/IT waste
Please do not put IT waste into general waste bins
l The College recycles computers with Stone Computers. Please contact LITS ex 4222 or email helpdesk@blackpool.ac.uk to arrange a collection. l For other electrical waste you can contact the estates supervisors at estsup@ blackpool.ac.uk, who will collect and over 1.2 We dispose of recycle the waste of electrical million tonnes through a local waste and electronic recycling the UK from every year in ompany. ne. Each the public alo r, this is the and every yea 150,000 equivalent of: r buses double decke 2011) (Valpak.co.uk, bins
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Envelopes Place in... Paper recycling
l Envelopes can be reused internally. l Padding or plastic on the paper envelopes should be removed before recycling.
Fluorescent tubes Please do not put fluorescent tubes into general waste bins
l Fluorescent Tubes are classed as hazardous electrical waste. All fluorescent tubes must be stored in the lamp containers. l Please contact the Estates team on estsup@blackpool.ac.uk if you have tubes to be disposed of and we can send them back to the supplier for recycling.
g n i l c y c e R Folders
Place in... General waste bins l Please re-use where possible.
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Food waste Place in... General waste bins
discard British homes ts of 484 million po gurt and unopened yo orth of ÂŁ370million-w bananas. 9) (The Sun, 200
l At present facilities to recycle food at the College is being investigated. l For more information about reducing your food waste and ways to save money each month, visit: www.lovefoodhatewaste.com
Furniture Furniture can usually be recycled so please contact the Estates supervisors at estsup@blackpool.ac.uk
g n i l c y c e R Glass Bottles and Jars
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l Bispham catering areas should take any glass bottles to the recycling d 3000 n u ro a facility on the Bispham s ke ta It jars campus. d n a s le tt o b 0 to 400 tonne of l Fleetwood – glass to make up a recycling is currently cycle. glass! (glassre carried out in the bar ) 11 0 co.uk, 2 area only.
Junk mail and magazines
Place in... Paper recycling bins l Reduce paper waste by rejecting unwanted mail. You can take your name off mailing lists by visiting the web pages of Mailing Preference Services – www.stop-the-drop.org.uk
Laminated paper Place in... General waste bins
Light bulbs – filament Please contact the Estates Team for collection
Light bulbs – energy-saving Please do not put fluorescent tubes into general waste bins
l Fluorescent Tubes are classed as hazardous electrical waste. All fluorescent tubes must be stored in the lamp containers. l Please contact the Estates team on estsup@blackpool.ac.uk if you have tubes to be disposed of and we can send them back to the supplier for recycling.
Mobile phones
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that close Estimates state hones are to 90 million p ers and hiding in draw oss the UK cupboards acr eal.com (recyclingapp 2011)
l To recycle work mobile phones please send back to LITS for the attention of Gill Shierson who collects the phones and sends them on to Blackpool Trinity Hospice for recycling and to raise funds. l Make money from recycling your old phone through environmentally sustainable companies such as www.envirofone.com
Paper Place in... Paper recycling bins l Your paper will be collected on a Thursday evening by the estates team or during the day if the Paper Patrol are carrying out collections in your area.
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g n i l c y c e R Paper cups
Place in... Cup recycling bins l Please ensure your cups are dry and empty
Paper towels Place in... general waste bins
Plastic bags Place in... general waste bins l At present, no facilities exist on campus to recycle plastic bags. The nearest plastic bag recycling facilities are: l Household Waste Recycling Centre – Jameson Road, Fleetwood, FY7 8TW l Household Waste Recycling Centre – Everest Road, St Annes, FY8 3AZ l Some supermarkets now offer instore recycling banks for carrier bags or the option to hand the bags back to the driver if your shopping is delivered to your home. Why not check out your local supermarket the next time you visit? The bins are normally located by the main entrance Avoid Plastic doors. tter still,
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g n i l c y c Re Plastic bottles
Place in... plastic bottle bins
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ke Plastic can ta rs a up to 500 ye to decompose
l Please ensure your bottles are dry, clean and empty
Polystyrene cups
and food trays
Place in... general waste bins
Polystyrene packaging Place in... general waste bins l Collect and re-use if clean
g n i l c y c e R Printer and toner
cartridges
l The following areas of the College have cartridge recycling points and are recycled by the company Reclaim-IT. Please take your cartridge to one of the following areas: Campus Location Room Bispham LITS C027 Bispham The School of Society, C110 Health and Childhood Fleetwood Reception Park Road Reception Carleton Court Reception Ansdell Reception UC Campus – Palatine Building LITS Office PA028 UC Campus – South Building Academic Studies S049 l If you would like a cartridge recycling box in your area, please contact prey@blackpool.ac.uk
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Tetra Pak cartons Place in... general waste bins l At present, no facilities exist on campus to recycle Tetra Pak cartons. The nearest Tetra Pak recycling facilities are: 1. Bristol Avenue Household Waste Recycling Centre, Bristol Avenue, Blackpool, FY2 0JG 2. Stanley Park Sports Centre, West Park Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9HQ 3. Sainsburys, 80 Red Bank Road, Bispham, FY2 9HH 4. Rossall Car Park, Junction of Westway and Fairway, Fleetwood, FY7 8JH
g n i l c y c e R Textiles and clothing
l The College does not have a recycling facility onsite. l Clothing can be recycled at a wide range of charity shops ing th o cl d across the area. n a s Textile f o % 12 p l For information regarding u ke ma s te si l fil a clothing collection at the d n la uk s. ile xt e st College please contact Pam g a b g (ra Reynolds at prey@blackpool. co.uk, 2011) ac.uk
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Tin cans Place in... Can recycling bins – kitchen areas only l Please ensure your food tins are empty.
Toner bottles Place in... general waste bins
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One recycled tin would save e can nough energy to pow e television for r a three hours (blackp ool. gov.uk, 2011)
Useful Contacts Sustainability Officer Pam Reynolds Email: prey@blackpool.ac.uk Tel: ex 4288 The Estates Team Campus Services Manager Ken Bradley Email: kbr@blackpool.ac.uk Tel: ex 4248 Estates Supervisors Email: estsup@blackpool.ac.uk Cleaning Supervisor Email: clesup@blackpool.ac.uk