General Office Waste Disposal

Please find below details of how to dispose of general office waste. 

Confidential waste

There are confidential waste bags in the admin office, please ask Lisa Mills for them. There is a charge, £4.25 a bag (<12.5 kilos, we have a set of scales which you can sign out for this purpose). 

Please follow the process in the web page below and let CVS lab management cvs.lab.management@ed.ac.uk know that there is going to be an uplift. They normally come to our office in C3.02 to ask where to go. 

Confidential waste (paper and data) | The University of Edinburgh

Paper and stationery waste

Paper, folders and notebooks can be disposed of into the see through plastic waste bags, ask lab management for some.

These should be double bagged and tied off. Be careful not to the overfill them; if you have trouble lifting them so will the cleaners. If there are several bags, please take them to the cage outside wash-up, rather than leaving them by the bins. For more information see

Paper and cardboard | The University of Edinburgh

Miscellaneous waste

Any glass, cutlery or pottery can be placed in a box, let lab management cvs.lab.management@ed.ac.uk know that you have this waste, and they will let you know where to put it.