Give it, Don’t Bin it
As you’re preparing to move out, you’ll probably find that you have more stuff than you realise. Unfortunately this means that your recycling and waste bins will quickly fill up as you decide to not take home some of the more unnecessary items you’ve collected over your university career.
Due to the large student population in South Manchester and everyone’s tenancies ending at the end of June, seeing large amounts of rubbish piled outside houses and by communal bins has become all too common. Beyond this being an aesthetic problem, it means hundreds of tonnes of potentially useful items are being sent to landfill.
However, if you plan ahead, this doesn’t need to be the case and the council has plenty of services to help.
Manchester City Council run the Give it, Don’t Bin it service so you can donate any unwanted clothes, books, electricals and unopened, non-perishable food to charity.
Manchester City Council along with Biffa, British Heart Foundation, Manchester Student Homes, University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University will set up 4 donation points. They can be found on the following streets:
Landcross Road Fallowfield, M14 6LZ
Evelyn Street, Fallowfield, M14 6WF (Not available on the 29th and 30th June)
Whitby Road, M14 6QL
Booth Avenue, M14 6RB
On Thursday 29th and Friday 30th June further donation points will be set up at:
Brailsford Rd, Fallowfield, M14 6PY, UK
410 Wilmslow Road, Withington, M20 3BD, UK
Lombard Grove, M14 6BE, UK
Monica Grove, M19 2BW, UK
Hathersage Road, M13 0BZ, UK
University specific drop off points can be found here:
If you have large items that you can’t recycle and won’t fit in your bins, then you can make use of the council’s bulky waste collection service.
If you have excess rubbish then you can arrange for a private refuse company to dispose of it but you have a duty of care to ensure that rubbish is properly transported and disposed of. You can be prosecuted, or receive a £400 Fixed Penalty Notice, if you pass your rubbish or unwanted items to a rubbish collector/waste carrier without checking they are registered.
The council has no obligation to remove items that do not fit in your own or communal recycling bins, that responsibility falls on the occupiers, or if left after the tenancy has ended, the landlord. This means MCR Move or the landlord will have to arrange for any rubbish not in bins to be removed and the cost of doing so will be claimed against your deposit.
So plan ahead, start de cluttering now and avoid any fines from the council or deposit deductions.
