reducing waste and Recycling tips
waste hierarchy
Reducing waste is more important than recycling! There are lots of ways you can reduce the amount of waste produced by your household!
DID you know?
How we can reduce our single plastic use?
Single-use plastics like straws or plastic bags seem harmless, but actually, it has a steep environmental price—one that we’ll be paying off for millennia. Instead of investing in quality goods that will last, we often prioritize convenience over durability and consideration of long-term impacts.
Always carry a reusable bag with you!
Cook more often, to reduce your use of plastic-heavy takeout containers.
Buy in bulk. Avoid individually packaged goods, like snack packs.
Online shipments are full of plastic. Your best bet to reduce your footprint and plastic waste? Walk, bike, or take public transit to buy in-person.
Avoid plastic wrap altogether by storing leftovers in reusable containers. Try reusable and compostable beeswax wrap for an easy and decorative option.
If you like using a straw - buy a metal or bamboo reusable straw! Pack it alongside reusable cutlery (like wood, bamboo, or metal chopsticks).
Buy a reusable bottle instead of drinking bottled water!
RECYCLING IN SHEFFIELD
Unfortunately, in Sheffield you can't put all types of recyclable materials to the brown and paper bin.
Your brown bin is for glass, cans and plastic bottles.
Your blue bin is for paper and card.
But what about plastic items such as tubs, pots and food trays? You can still recycle them on your local recycling site!
Find your closest recycling site here.
You can also take your household waste to any of household waste recycling centres.
DONATE TO BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION
BHF accepts items like:
Furniture: sofas, beds, dining table and chairs and more (upholstered furniture must have fire labels).
Electricals: TVs, washing machines, fridges.
Homewares: vases, soft furnishings.
Fashion: clothes, shoes, accessories.
Books: travel, fiction, kids.
Entertainment: instruments, vinyl’s and more.
Gadgets: consoles, tablets, laptops
Fitness equipment
Book a free collection or find your local shop on BHF website.
recycling at university explained in 60 seconds
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Mixed recycling
University collects all recycling in the same bin! Moreover, you can recycle more types of materials at University! You don't have to look for your local recycling site, just recycle it on campus!
Paper and card
White paper
Coloured paper
Newspapers and magazines
Leaflets
Envelopes
Books
Journals
All grades of card
Glass
All colours of glass bottles and jar
Metals
All types of tins, cans and foil, including sweet tins and other similar items
Plastics
Tubs: Containing non-food items for example hand cream, wipes, detergent and cleaning products; and food items such as soup pots and margarine tubs
Bags: Plastic bags and polythene
Bottles: All types of plastic bottles - if it has a lid it can be recycled
Pots: Hard pots without lids, for example yoghurt pots and noodle pots
Trays that hold fruit, vegetables, cakes and biscuits
Moulded plastic packaging from non-food items, for example from batteries or memory sticks
Please remember to give the recycling a quick rinse if needed.
Get more information about other University Recycling Schemes here
Not sure what to do with CDs and DVDs? And what about solvents? Check out this excellent guide about recycling provided by our Estates and Facilities Management Team!