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--- manual:waste [2023/02/12 12:16] – matt
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-==== Waste & Recycling ====
+==== Waste and Recycling ====
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-**General Waste & Recycling:** There are general bins in each room of the Hackspace. These are for landfill and also some types of recycling. When they are full you can empty them into the building's skip. It's important that we don't completely fill the skip with hackspace waste, or leave waste piled beside it. If the skip is full, please take your waste home instead. It gets emptied approximately every Tuesday.
+__**General Waste Bins:**__ There are general bins in each room of the Hackspace. These bins should be used for unrecyclable "landfill" and also for some types of recycling. When they are full you should empty them into the building's skip.
-The skip is collected privately, and so the rules about the types of waste that can go in it (and thus also in our general bins) are not same as your council collection at home! **They do __not__ accept solid wood, glass, or batteries!**
+The building's skip is sometimes locked to prevent fly-tipping. There is a key hanging on a hook in the cupboard under the stairs.
-**Wood Waste:** Wood waste must always be taken home with you. Please don't leave it in the space. Bagged sawdust is fine to put in the general bins & skip.
+If the skip is full, please take your waste home. Do not pile it next to the skip, or leave it in the space.
-**Glass:** can be put in the glass bin in the main room. When this is full, you can help out by taking it to the tip or a bottle bank.
+The skip gets emptied approximately every Tuesday. It's collected by a private contractor which means rules about the types of waste can go in it (and thus also what can go in our general waste bins) are not same as your council collection at home! **They do __not__ accept solid wood or batteries!**
-**E-Waste:** can be put in the e-waste bin in the main room. When this is full, you can help out by taking it to the tip.
+__**Wood Waste:**__ Wood waste (including ply and MDF) must always be taken home with you. Please don't leave it in the space or put it in the bins. Bagged sawdust is fine to put in the general bins & skip.
-**Batteries:** Non-Lithium Batteries can be put in the battery bin in the main room. When this is full, you can help out by taking it to the tip or a battery bank. Please don't put Lithium batteries in any of our bins.
+__**Batteries:**__ Non-Lithium Batteries can be put in the battery bin in the main room. When this is full, you can help out by taking it to the tip or a battery bank. Don't put Lithium batteries in any of our bins, you must take them home with you.
-**Food Waste:** Do not put this in Hackspace's bins. It attracts pests. You can put it directly in the skip outside, or take it home with you.
+__**Food Waste:**__ To avoid bad smells and pest issues, please don't put food waste in the bins in the space. Put it directly in the skip outside.
-^Waste Type ^ Building's Skip ^ General Bins ^ Glass Bin ^ E-Waste Bin ^ Battery Bin ^ Take It Home ^
+^Waste Type ^ Building's Skip ^ General Waste Bins ^ Battery Bin ^ Take It Home ^
-|Landfill                | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
+|Landfill                | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
-|Metal Recycling         | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
+|Metal Recycling         | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
-|Plastic Recycling       | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
+|Plastic Recycling       | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
-|Paper & Card            | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
+|Paper & Card            | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
-|Food Waste              | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
+|Food Waste              | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
-|Sawdust (bagged)        | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
+|Sawdust (bagged)        | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
-|Wood                    | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
+|Wood, Ply, MDF, etc     | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
-|Glass                   | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
+|Batteries (Non Lithium) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
-|E-Waste                 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
+|Batteries (Lithium)     | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
-|Batteries (Non Lithium) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
-|Batteries (Lithium)     | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |