Kingston University London

Waste & Recycling

 

The nature of a student lifestyle means you are constantly
buying things and throwing them away. You may well buy
cheap which means you buy more often. Most of you have
two homes, which equals two of everything, and while the
retail industry see you as their consumer dream, the world
supporting us does not. On average every person in the UK
throws away his or her own body weight in rubbish, every
seven weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the University, all buildings are now equipped with recycling facilities for paper (and cardboard), plastic, cans and residual waste (landfill). The bins are not automatically available in every room but rather in zones and their location has been decided according to the occupancy numbers, area use and floor space. Users (students, staff and visitors) are expected to separate their waste into the correct bins. Check the posters displayed near the recycling facilities to find out what can be recycled.

 

Read our YES/NO guide for a quick overview of what can and cannot go in the recycling bins (printable version).

 

If you still haven't found the answer to your question, email us.

 

 

 

 

Each year, we organise the End of Term Donations Scheme; students moving
out of Halls can put their unwanted items (unwanted clothes, furniture,
kitchenware, appliances etc) into our large collection containers. They then
get sorted and re-distributed to local charities. A small part is available for
the new students during Freshers Green Fayre. In 2010, the donations weighed in at just under 6 tonnes!

Click here to find out more about the Scheme.

 

 

TARGET: To increase recycling from 32% to 60% by July 2013.

 

PERFORMANCE ACHIEVED: Total reduction of 6% of general waste and an increase in recycling of 6% to the total of 32% of recycled waste.

 

 

	Kingston Freegle (formerly Freecycle) is like a free ebay. As long as you can collect the item you want, you can have it for nothing. Likewise if you need to get rid of some gear and you don't fancy skipping it, put an advert on the Freecycle website and watch who jumps to take it off your hands.
	Stop Unwanted Junk Mail. It's easy and free to register go to www.mpsonline.org.uk
	recycle for London
	London Remade Focusing on completing the recycling loop - London Remade strives to develop market demand for products made from recycled materials and has developed a ground breaking initiative to facilitate the procurement of these products supported by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone.
	Richmond Council Environmental Group
	Kingston Council Environmental Group
	Recycle More a really good resource for all you need to know about recycling
	Recoup lots of information and resources about plastic recycling

'We are incredibly behind when it comes to the heavy use of plastic bags we dish out all over the shop. The polythene in them takes decades to break down, and when we can buy a life long shopper for 50p that is easier to carry, looks a lot less trampy, and you can use over and over for as long as you like, there is just no need for carrier bags!'

Buy recycled to close the recycling loop. Go to the waste and recycling page to see why. Also, there are lots of charity shops in Kingston selling everything from clothes to home ware. Get some decent clobber at bargain price and also help a worthwhile cause at the same time.