Unitec is committed to reducing the amount of waste we send to landfill 30% by 2016. Find out how you can help below.

 

Paper Recycling
Corrugated Cardboard Recycling
Glass, Can & Plastic Recycling
Food Scraps for Composting
Appliances & Electrical Waste
Other Recyclable Waste
Landfill – General waste

 

• Check out our Recycling A - Z to learn more about reducing, reusing and recycling on campus
• Additional recycling bins can be requested from campus facilities management
• Download recycling posters for your Unitec event.

 

Paper Recycling

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What can be recycled	What can't be recycled
All clean non-confidential paper Books, brochures magazines Newspapers Glossy paper Envelopes (including window envelopes) Thin cardboard /box-board Clean paper towels Clean paper bags	No confidential paper No corrugated cardboard No paper ream wrappers No plastic No food No laminated paper No dirty paper

 

Did you know?

For every tonne of paper we recycle:

• 13.5 trees are saved
• 5,000 litres of water are saved
• 5.4 tonnes of CO2 are not released.

Remember to Reduce & Reuse

• Buy recycled paper
• Do it on-line
• Print double sided
• Use the other side
• Then recycle.

 

Corrugated Cardboard Recycling

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Place flattened boxes beside Paper Recycling Wheelie Bins or in the Cardboard cages at Mt Albert campus.

Non corrugated cardboard can go in paper bins.

 

Glass, Can & Plastic Recycling

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What can be recycled	What can't be recycled
Glass bottles and jars, Aluminium and tin/steel cans, Plastic bottles and containers with 1 - 7 symbols (please wash and squash plastic containers first)	No food No tetra-pak cartons (e.g. juice boxes etc.) No takeaway coffee cups No plastic supermarket bags or plastic  wrap

 

Did you know?

• The energy saved by recycling one can, can run a light bulb for 20 hours
• 13 recycled plastic bottles make enough fiber fill to stuff a ski jacket
• Recycling one glass wine bottle saves enough energy to light a 100 watt light bulb for 4 hours.

Remember to Reduce & Reuse

• Refill your own bottle or cup.

 

Food Scraps for Composting

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What can be recycled	What can't be recycled
All food waste (raw and cooked) Tea-bags Coffee grounds and filters Flowers and plant material Used paper serviettes Small amounts of citrus peel	No Plastic No meat or dairy products

 

Did you know?

• 28% of landfill waste could be composted
• Why is this bad? Organic waste creates methane gas (a climate change gas 23x worse than CO2) and produces nasty leachates
• Compost replenishes our soil
• Healthy soil = healthy food = healthy people.

 

Last edited: 16 May 2013