Reuse and Recycling Station
The University of Queensland has partnered with the UQ Union Environment Collective to host a new recycling station for students and staff.
The drop off station is located in the Kingham Room foyer (Building 21C) and is for hard-to-recycle household items that can’t be recycled though your yellow topped wheelie bin.
The following items can be recycled at this recycling station:
Type |
Items |
Small E-waste |
Laptops, tablets, cameras, keyboards, mice, cables, circuit boards, IPODs & other MP3 Players, smart watches. |
Soft Plastic |
Any plastic that can be easily scrunched into a ball - plastic shopping bags, shrink wrap or bubble wrap. |
Mobile phones |
Mobile handsets, batteries and accessories. |
Household batteries |
Household handheld batteries used in cameras, torches, toys and appliances. |
Printer ink cartridges |
Household printer cartridges from a variety of printers |
Oral care Products |
Toothpaste tubes and caps, manual toothbrushes, electric toothbrush heads, toothbrush and toothpaste tube plastic packaging, floss containers. Electronic toothbrush handles and bases are NOT accepted. |
Eye Glasses |
Used prescription or non-prescription glasses and sunglasses. |
Stationary Items |
Functional pens and markers. |
DVD’s and CD’s |
All types and formats of CDs and DVDs. |
Paper |
Clean or printed paper white, coloured and glossy paper, magazines, newspapers and envelopes (including those with plastic windows). |
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