Recycling in Bristol Secondary Schools and Colleges

All Bristol secondary schools and colleges (whether funded by the LEA or not) are entitled to free recycling collections. These are contracted by Bristol City Council through SITA to the same company that collect from households across the city, ECT.

Schools and colleges are given a mini recycling centre (MRC) to collect their materials. A member of ECT's staff visits each premises to discuss a location that is convenient and safe as well as accessible for the MRC collection vehicle.

	Materials that can be collected are:
		paper (office grade and low grade such as newspaper) glass jars and bottles (these need to be separated according to glass colour) steel and aluminium cans aluminium foil

Schools and colleges develop their own systems for collecting the materials and depositing them in the MRC. If you would like adivice, based on the experiences of other schools in the area, please contact Helen Peake, Education Officer for Bristol, on 0117 914 3453 or email her.
NEW! Bristol City Council will provide each secondary school / college recycling through this system with up to 10 Black Boxes, identical to those used in homes across the city. Pupils will be familiar with these boxes from home and also from their primary schools. To order your boxes please contact Helen Peake (see above for details.)
Collections, which are tailored to suit each school / college, are usually weekly or fortnightly.

To set up a recycling scheme in your school or college please contact Sean Spencer-Wort, Recycling Officer for Bristol City Council, on 0117 922 3020 or email him.

If you have any queries relating to an established recycling scheme please phone the Bristol City Council recycling helpline on 0117 922 3838.

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