Recycling@UCL: a quick newsflash

Miles Irving says...

This is (another) post that it wasn't meant to be done now. However, I believe that an interesting part of blogging can be also the unpredictability of writing sequences. I mean, sometimes we have to modify a sort of planned schedule depending of what's going on around. So, what did Mr Irving say? As promised in the introduction post of this blog, I will widely discuss the recycling facilities in our University but, in the last days, the Cartographic Illustrator of the Drawing Office (UCL - Department of Geography) sent two important emails over. The former (14/11/2014) looks more like as an indisputable call to follow the basic rules of recycling and of the good manners while the latter (19/11/2014) is a clear handbook about how to recycle our waste at UCL.
For the time being, considering that the subject of the second email is exactly what I will fully investigate through the "proper post" about recycling at UCL, I want to copy here the body of the first Miles' email as I found its content so appropriate as well as strictly related to this blog:

"Dear All,

I would like to remind everyone about the Food Waste Bins, these are either the “Orange" Section of the triple banks dotted around campus, or any bin with a “Red” bin bag usually located in Kitchen areas often in a brown plastic bin.

these bins are for uncooked or cooked food waste only

including
Fruit
Banana Skins
Tea Bags (but not Tea)
Coffee Grounds (but not coffee)
Sandwiches
Yoghurt
Fish
If you would put it in your composter at home, you can put in here 

Please do not put in...

Cardboard Coffee Cups
Unwanted mail (especially with your name on it) (if you don’t want it, stop it coming from source)
Full Yoghurt Pots
Sandwich wrappers
Liquids
Cellophane and dirty food trays
Plastic Bags and bottles 

There is also a battery bin located in Pearson & Bedford Way.
this too is full of all of the above waste, it is not nice having to pick out old banana skins and coffee cups from the batteries.

As your green champion I am always happy to discuss any aspect of recycling and I will send out a full breakdown of all of our recycling opportunities next week

Thanks

Miles"

I feel like helping Miles to spread his message.

Well, in the next days I am going to resume the discussion triggered from "Digging the topic - part 3"; taking into account pro and cons of each disposal methods, I will try to understand whether or not recycling is an important tool for society and environment.

See you soon on RE-cycling!