{"id":3136,"date":"2020-09-21T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T14:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/host-students.com\/uncategorized\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:03:16","slug":"recycling-in-student-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/university-students\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling whilst living in student accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrap.org.uk\/content\/recycle-week-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recycle Week<\/a> (21<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 27<sup>th<\/sup> September 2020). And with many students having recently moved into, or about to move into our accommodation, we thought there was no better time to talk about recycling at Host.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Recycling at Host<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019re passionate about the environment and we want to help protect it. That\u2019s why we\u2019re committed to doing our bit and helping to improve environmental performance and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Over the coming year, we want to continue to reduce the amount of waste and increase the amount of recycling at all our accommodations. But for this to happen, we need you to get involved and help us.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How can you help us recycle more?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10727 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/recycling-at-central-quay-sheffield-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"recycling at central quay sheffield\" width=\"350\" height=\"273\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To make getting involved easy for you, you\u2019ll find recycling and refuse bins throughout your accommodation to discard of your rubbish.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important things if you\u2019re recycling, is to ensure that the item being discarded is put in the correct bin and that it can be recycled. If you put something non-recyclable into the recycling bin, it can contaminate the recycle bin and lead to the whole lot being rejected for recycling.<\/p>\n<p>Before throwing packages in the bin to be recycled, you should also make sure that they are empty and have been rinsed out.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What can go in the recycling bins?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10771\" src=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/recycling-bins-at-CQ-1440x550-300x115-1.jpg\" alt=\"Recycling Bin\" width=\"950\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below are examples of what you can recycle. However, this may vary across our accommodations. For a full list of items, and the bins they must go in speak with your Host team at reception or pop down to the on-site bin store where more information will be displayed.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Paper and cardboard:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Newspapers and magazines<\/li>\n<li>Envelopes or loose sheets of paper<\/li>\n<li>Cardboard food containers or sleeves<\/li>\n<li>Food cartons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Glass:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Food jars<\/li>\n<li>Bottles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(Please do not put broken glass or lightbulbs in recycling bins.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Plastic:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Bottles<\/li>\n<li>Lids<\/li>\n<li>Tubs and trays such as takeaway cartons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Aluminium and steel:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Drinks cans<\/li>\n<li>Food cans<\/li>\n<li>Aerosols<\/li>\n<li>Bottle and jar lids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Other:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Batteries<\/li>\n<li>Printer ink cartridges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s important that you follow the guidance for recycling as any bins which are contaminated, with even the small amount of the incorrect waste, will result in it all being sent to landfill.\u00a0Plastic bags should not be put into any of the recycling containers as this also contaminates the bin. Instead, they should be put into the general refuse bin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Keep an eye out for more information and tips on recycling and helping to protect the environment via our <a href=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news page<\/a> and on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostStudentsUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hoststudentsuk\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hoststudentsuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> pages.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week is Recycle Week. And with many students having recently moved into, or about to move into our accommodation, we thought there was no better time to talk about recycling at Host.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"subject":[76],"location-tax":[],"class_list":["post-3136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university-students","subject-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Recycling whilst living in student accommodation - Blog | Host<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With many students having recently moved into, or about to move into our accommodation, we thought there was no better time to talk about recycling at Host.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/university-students\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recycling whilst living in student accommodation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With many students having recently moved into, or about to move into our accommodation, we thought there was no better time to talk about recycling at Host.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/university-students\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Host students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostStudentsUk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-21T14:37:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-09T10:03:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/recycling-box-with-trash.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jon Hall\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jon Hall\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/university-students\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/university-students\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jon Hall\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1adf2a14b289d4a334f729b9d4672800\"},\"headline\":\"Recycling whilst living in student accommodation\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-21T14:37:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-09T10:03:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/university-students\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/\"},\"wordCount\":429,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/university-students\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/recycling-box-with-trash.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"University students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/university-students\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/university-students\/recycling-in-student-accommodation\/\",\"name\":\"Recycling whilst living in student accommodation - 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