Waste and recycling advice for Bristol students
Waste and recycling advice for Bristol students
Taking charge of your waste and recycling is an immediate way to have a positive impact in your house, your community and the environment.
While you’re studying in Bristol, you are a citizen of the city. Whether you’re here for a year, several years or planning to stay for good, you can help make Bristol an even greener and cleaner city through your actions. Recycling and proper waste management also shows respect for your housemates, your neighbours and your new home town.
It’s much easier to make a plan for waste and recycling as soon as you move in, rather than waiting until you have a piles of card, glass, cans and plastic to deal with. Making sure you have all the bins you need, labelling them and making a rota for taking them out are all simple steps you can take to make recycling easy.
Former Bristol student Marco said:
“We bought different coloured bins for our kitchen, making it super easy to chuck things into the right bin without having to sort it all out later.
We also have a poster of what goes in each bin above, meaning no one has an excuse to recycle badly! Working together as a flat to do something positive has been great- would definitely recommend!”
We’ve gathered together the top links you need as a Bristol student to get set up to recycle. If you still have questions, contact our community engagement team who will be happy to help.
Get set up to recycle in Bristol
Know when to put your bins out:
- Find your collection day on the Bristol Council website
- Download your collection calendar on our website
Make sure you have all the bins and boxes you need to recycle at the kerbside:
Find out how recycling works in Bristol:
- Recycling if you live in a house or flat with your own bins and boxes
- Recycling if you live in a flat with shared bins in a bin store or on the street
If your waste or recycling wasn’t collected on collection day:
Dispose of waste and recycling that doesn’t fit in your bin:
If you’re keen to reduce your waste and your environmental impact, have a read of our #WasteNothing articles, they’re full of advice from our rubbish experts on how to reduce, reuse and recycle.
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