Waste and recycling will now only be collected in bins in central areas, this will mean that:
- You will need to take your garbage and food waste to the central bins. Food waste (such as tea bags, coffee grounds, fruit and vegetable peels, bread, meat and rice) will go into a green-lidded bin and general waste will go into a red-lidded bin.
- You can keep your paper recycling box but you will need to empty it as required into the large paper recycling bin located in central areas (generally next to the printer/photocopier).
- Cleaners will empty all central red bins on a daily basis and green bins on a twice-daily basis.
Introducing the desktop litter box
To help staff with these changes, a small desktop litter box is available for staff for small food items such as fruit peel and tea bags.
Staff should empty this at least daily into the central green waste bin.
The little litter box is optional; some staff may prefer to simply dispose of their food scraps and general waste directly into the central bins.
Organising Your Office
It doesn’t matter what your role is at UTS, we are all responsible for reducing the amount of waste that goes to landfill. This is easy thing to do when you are next getting a cuppa or taking a break.
Please let your colleagues know about the changes and help ensure that all clean paper goes in the blue paper recycling bin, food waste in the green lidded bin and general waste in the red lidded bin.
It is also important to let us know if there are enough general waste, food waste and paper recycling bins in your office.
Please contact the UTS Cleans Up team to change the location of the bins, order additional bins for your floor or provide feedback on the program.