Manchester Metropolitan University
MMU Recycling guidance
Only the following should be in Paper and Card recycling:
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White and coloured paper (no need to remove staples)
Newspapers
Magazines
Catalogues
Directories
Envelopes (with or without plastic ‘windows’)
Greetings cards
Cardboard Packaging (small items)
No thanks:
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Juice cartons
Wet paper or card
Food contaminated paper or card
Plastic sleeves, covers or ring binders
Deposable paper cups
Only the following should be in Cans, Glass and Plastic recycling:
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Clean Plastic food containers (e.g. yoghurt pots, margarine tubs)
Plastic bottles (and tops)
Glass (bottles and jars)
Cans
Tins
Cling film
No thanks:
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Plastic sleeves, covers or ring binders
Broken Glass
Liquids
Crisp packets
Polystyrene
Plastic carrier bags
Plastic food containers (e.g. yoghurt pots, margarine tubs)
The following should NOT be in general waste (hazardous waste):
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Batteries
Oils
Chemicals
Paints
Electrical items
Printer Cartridges
Green Impact
November 2013
Manchester Metropolitan University
MMU Recycling Audit
Please look in to all Can, Glass & Plastics and Paper & Card recycling bins within your
working area and complete the following for each bin you audit. We are not expecting you
to rummage through the bin, simply to conduct a visual assessment.
PLEASE TAKE A PHOTO of inside the bins you visit and share to your team.
Please list all recyclable items
you can see within the recycling
bin.
How many pieces of recyclable
material in the recycling bin
appear to be unclean or
unsuitable for recycling? Please
identify the item and the reason
for its unsuitability.
Please list all non-recyclable
items you have identified within
the recycling bin.
Please list any Hazardous waste
items you have identified within
the recycling bin. Please note: All
Hazardous items must be
reported to the Waste &
Recycling team.
wasteandrecycling@mmu.ac.uk
Please now share this information with your wider department.
Green Impact
November 2013