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Recycling at Residences

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Dry Mixed Recycling

Yes, please

✔ Empty cans

✔ Empty plastic bottles

✔ Paper and magazines

✔ Cardboard

✔ Empty food containers such as yoghurt pots, take away containers, sandwich wrappers

No, thank you

✘ Food including plate scrapings

✘ Liquid

✘ Paper towels and serviettes

✘ Tea bags

Remember to NOT include black bags and make sure all cans, bottles and food containers are clean and empty. If the recycling waste is contaminated by food and drink it CANNOT be recycled!

Food Waste Recycling (Coming soon)

Yes, please

✔ Food

✔ Teabags and ground coffee

✔ Peelings and fruit cores

✔ Plate scrapings

✔ Egg shells

No, thank you

✘ Clingfilm and plastic bags

✘ Liquid

✘ Cutlery and crockery

✘ Paper towels and serviettes

✘ Empty food containers such as yoghurt pots, take away containers, sandwich wrappers

✘ Empty tins and cans

Remember to NOT include black bags as they decrease the amount of food we can recycle!

Glass Recycling

Yes, please

✔ Wine and Beer bottles

✔ Glasses

✔ Broken Glass

✔ Glass jars

No, thank you

✘ Crockery

✘ Cutlery

✘ Food

✘ Paper and cardboard

✘ Empty food containers

Remember to NOT include black bags and make sure all bottles and jars are clean and empty. If the recycling waste is contaminated by food and drink it CANNOT be recycled!

Cardboard Recycling

Yes, please

✔ Clean, squashed cardboard

No, thank you

✘ Dirty cardboard

General Waste

Yes, please

✔ Black bin bags

✔ Dirty packaging including oily pizza boxes

✔ Crisp packets

✔ Sweet wrappers

✔ Paper towels and serviettes

✔ Coffee cups

✔ Polystyrene such as take away boxes, packaging foam sheets

No, thank you

✘ Chemicals

✘ Electrical items

Map of Recycling and Donation Points

We have many Donation and Recycling points across campus available all year round.


A-Z Guide

Check out A-Z Guide to find out what you can and can't recycle here. Have any questions?

Get in touch with the Waste & Recycling team:

Get in touch with the Energy and Sustainability Team:

  • sustainability@warwick.ac.uk

Warwick is committed to zero direct to landfill.