Small battery recycling tubs are located at building receptions (SAW, CKK, SAL, FAW, PEL, OLD, CBG and all halls of residence). Batteries MUST NOT be stored for more than 3 months.

Info for staff: On campus porters empty the boxes every 3 months. If a battery box becomes full, please log a request with the porters to empty the container via the Estates Portal selecting option ‘FM032 Collect miscellaneous’.

 In residences, please contact Estates.Lse.Waste@lse.ac.uk to arrange a collection.

NiCad and lead acid batteries will be collected by Maintenance and stored in a drum in the basement at PEL. Batteries MUST NOT be stored for more than 3 months. Please raise a collection request via the Estates Portal.

Small volumes of Lithium batteries can be disposed of in the domestic battery boxes detailed above. Please ensure you have taped the terminals before placing in the battery box. Larger quantities of Lithium batteries should also have their terminals taped and be collected separately. A collection request should be logged with Maintenance via the Estates Portal once a sufficient quantity has been amassed. 

Abandoned bikes on campus should be reported to Security. Those in halls of residence should be reported to the Facility Managers. Any bikes not collected within 3 months will be marked for donation to our charity partner, Cycle Confident.

Books in a good condition can be donated via the Book Rescuers scheme. To request a Book Rescuer box please log a request with the porters via the Estates Portal selecting option ‘FM167 Provide Book Donation boxes’. Once filled the boxes should be sealed with tape and another request made via the Estates Portal for the porters to collect them.

Books can also be donated to the LSESU Charity Shop or the Gilded Acorn Bookshop on campus.

Cardboard waste produced on campus should be flattened and left by any group of internal bins. The cleaning team will collect this waste to baled for recycling.

Cardboard waste produced in our residences should be flattened and placed into external mixed recycling bins.

Arrangements for the recycling of real Christmas trees will be communicated to Building Managers in the run up to the Christmas break. Please contact estates.lse.waste@lse.ac.uk with any queries.

Sanitary waste bins can be found in all female, disabled and gender-neutral toilets.

Clinical waste bins can be found in the wellbeing room in Old Building, SAW Building, Peacock Theatre and all halls of residence.

Clinical and sanitary waste bins are emptied daily by our contractor. Any issues with these bins or collection schedules should be raised by emailing Estates.FM@lse.ac.uk.

Clothing and textiles can be donated for reuse through out ‘RE-Love’ campaign with the British Heart Foundation. Permanent donation points are in place at SAW Reception and Rosebery Hall. In the period leading up to and during move-out weekends additional donation points will be provided in halls of residence.

Donations can also be accepted by the LSESU Charity Shop on campus with proceeds going to RAG charity partners.

When placing an order for new coffee capsules please ensure you request a collection and order a new recycling bag from Nespresso. Once your recycling bag is full you can either drop the bag off at the post room or make a portering collection request via the Estates Portal selecting option ‘FM168 Collect Coffee Pods’. Please note that at the time of arranging a portering collection you must have already arranged a collection with Nespresso and include a note with confirmed collection details in your request.

Alternatively, consider purchasing a capsule recycler for your team (approx. £10) which extracts the coffee grounds and enables you to dispose of the empty pods in the mixed recycling bins.

Confidential waste includes paper and other media containing information that should not be accessible to the general public, or that LSE has an obligation to protect. This includes but is not limited to: personal contact information, sensitive reports and data, student and staff signatures, picture or private information, exam scripts and logistics, bank statements, credit card details and invoices, CDs, DVDs, USBs containing confidential information.

To request confidential waste bags please log a portering request via the Estates Portal selecting option ‘FM017 Deliver empty confidential waste bags’. If the waste contains CDs, DVDs, USBs or ID cards please write ‘PLASTICS’ or ‘MEDIA’ on the outside of the sack.

DO NOT overfill the bags. The bags should be sealed when they are two-thirds full.

Once the waste is bagged, ready for collection please log another request with the porters via the Estates Portal by choosing the ‘FM025 collect confidential waste’ option. Please ensure filled sacks are locked overnight in a cupboard or secure bin. If your project requires a larger collection please contact estates.lse.waste@lse.ac.uk.

Waste cooking oil produced from any of our catering outlets should be contained within a metal drum or plastic container of suitable size, with a tight-fitting lid. Bunded storage facilities are available at Old Building, Bankside, Rosebery, Passfield and Carr-Saunders.

Once the storage facilities is nearing capacity a collection request should be made to QUATRA. Passfield has monthly scheduled collections with QUATRA. All other sites are on an ad-hoc request basis. The Catering Managers at each site are responsible for making the collection requests.

Any waste cooking oil generated in student kitchens can go in the food waste bin if in small quantities, otherwise it should be put into an empty plastic bottle and placed in the general waste bin.

Single-use hot drinks cups can be disposed of at our dedicated, red, cup bins located in all LSE catering outlets. Please separate any remaining liquids, the lid and the cup into the respective compartments.

If you cannot locate your nearest red bin, please place disposable hot drinks cups in general waste, not dry mixed recycling as they have a thin plastic lining which cannot be recycled by traditional means.

Tube safes are located in PEL and at all halls of residence. Once full a collection request should be made to Biffa Technical by completing Technical Waste Collection Request Form and emailing to estates.lse.waste@lse.ac.uk.

All food scraps (fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, bread etc), teabags and coffee grounds can be placed into the brown food waste bins.

Please DO NOT put any packaging or items labelled as compostable in the food waste bins as this waste is sent for anaerobic digestion and any contamination with mean that waste is incinerated instead.

Only white or green compostable sacks should be used for food waste.

Furniture in good, reusable condition should be prioritised for reuse internally. Posting on the LSE-Tree LSE Reuse channel is a good way to advertise furniture for reuse.

For any usable furniture requiring removal request collection by the portering team via the Estates Portal selecting option ‘FM030 Collect furniture’. We operate a small, internal storage and reuse scheme for commonly requested furniture items. If the furniture if is found to be surplus to LSE requirements it will be donated to the British Heart Foundation.

Broken/unusable furniture will be collected by the porters following a collection request via the Estates Portal selecting option ‘FM051 Remove obsolete furniture’. 

Any residual waste that cannot be reused or recycled can be placed in the grey general waste bins. This includes crisps packets, polystyrene, tissues, napkins and paper towels, pens and pencils.

Please DO NOT put food waste, glass or dry mixed recycling into the general waste bins as our waste contractor may reject the waste collection and impose a fine. 

On campus allunbroken glass waste, such as glass bottles should be placed into glass recycling bins. These bins can be found at all of our catering outlets.

Additional glass bins can be provided during events, please contact Estates.Lse.Waste@lse.ac.uk.

Glass waste produced in halls of residence can be placed into the dry mixed recycling bins.

Hazardous waste items such as aerosols, chemicals, cleaning fluids, propane gas bottles, oil filled radiators and solvents required careful handling and storage to prevent risk to health and the environment. A Waste Collection Request Form for Biffa Technical should be completed and emailed to estates.lse.waste@lse.ac.uk.

Small items of IT waste such as cables, chargers, media storage devices e.g. USBs, CDs and DVDs (containing non-confidential information), laptop adaptors can be dropped off in the tub for small electricals at Saw Swee Hock (SAW) Reception.

When this container is full a collection request should be logged with the porters via the Estates Portal selecting option ‘FM008 Collect IT Waste (computers, screens, cables etc) for Recycling’.

Collection of larger items of IT equipment such as laptops, desktops and screens can be arranged in the same way.

When sufficient items have been collected an external collection can be arranged via DTS.

Each hall of residence has a dedicated area for the temporary storage of mattresses for disposal. Mattresses must be kept dry prior to collection. The Halls Facilities Managers will arrange a take-back collection with our supplier, Bishop Beds, once a sufficient quantity has been amassed. 

Dry mixed recycling (DMR) bins can be found throughout campus and residences. They are often coloured green. All commonly recyclable material should be placed in these bins, including dry paper waste, newspapers, office paper, magazines, corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes and card, clean, empty drinks cans and food tins, plastic packaging films, rinsed out milk bottles, empty drinks bottles, clean salad trays, rinsed out margarin tubs and microwave meal trays.

Please DO NOT put the following items in the DMR bins: takeaway cups, crisps packets, sweet wrappers, food waste, liquids, polystyrene, glass, ceramics, wood, textiles, hard/rigid plastic (e.g. pipes, drums or other non-compactable plastic items), containers with any residue of food or hazardous materials (e.g. bleach bottles or paint tins).

Only clear sacks should be used for DMR.

Paint in good condition that can be reused can be offered to staff via LSE-Tree, alternatively it can be donated to Community RePaint.

Full or partially full paint tins that are not in a reusable condition can be disposed of via our waste contractor Biffa. Paint should be kept in its original container. Solvent and water-based paint should be kept separately.

Empty water-based paint tins can be placed into mixed recycling or metal recycling bins. Empty solvent-based paint tins are classified as hazardous waste and must be collected separately.

Some paper only bins are provided on campus where high volumes of paper waste are produced. These bins will be blue. If there is no blue bin, please use the green mixed recycling bin for your paper waste.

Please DO NOT put paper or card with any embellishment or glitter in the paper or mixed recycling bins as they are not recyclable.

Only clear sacks should be used for paper waste.

Broken furniture and equipment made predominately of metal will be collected by the porters and stored in waste cage at PEL.

Once full, a collection should be arranged by completing the Reactive Waste Collection Form and send to Estates.lse.waste@lse.ac.uk.

Waste small electrical items such as heaters, fans, lamps, kettles and toasters can be collected by the by raising a request via the Estates Portal and selecting option ‘FM209 Collect Electrical Waste (heaters, fan, lamps etc) for Recycling’.

There is a small electricals bin at the SU reception desk.

In Residences, most halls have a small electricals bin at reception and then can be placed in the designated WEEE cages.

Toner and inkjet cartridges are classified as hazardous waste and should not be placed into general waste bins. A small tub is available for departmental recycling in Saw Swee Hock (SAW) Reception.

Once this container is full a request should be made for the portering team to collect via the Estates Portal selecting option ‘FM032 Collect miscellaneous’.

Vape recycling tubs are located at Centre Building (CBG) and Saw Swee Hock (SAW) Receptions as well as in Bankside, High Holborn and Rosebery halls of residence. Collections are scheduled with Biffa every 3 months. If a vape tub becomes full before the next scheduled collection an additional collection request can be made by contacting estates.lse.waste@lse.ac.uk. 

Appliances such as fridges, freezers, dishwashers and microwaves can be collected by the porters following a request via the Estates Portal. There is a small charge for this service.

If you are purchasing new white goods, we recommend arranging the collection of your old equipment through the take-back scheme offered by your supplier.

Wherever possible the supplier should be requested to takeback any pallets required for delivery at the point of ordering. If this is not possible a portering request can be made for the pallet to be taken to a temporary storage location at PEL basement. To request a portering collection please access the Estates Portal and select ‘FM032 Collect miscellaneous’.

Once five or more pallets are in temporary storage a collection request will be made by the Building Manager to contractor, Riverside Timber Recycling. If you need to arrange a local collection of pallets, please contact estates.lse.waste@lse.ac.uk

If you need to get rid of a waste stream that is not listed, please contact estates.lse.waste@lse.ac.uk