Recycling records for gyms

Bottles, changing rooms and the café

Gyms often produce plastic bottles, cans, paper and card, and general waste from changing rooms. Plastic, metal and glass may be collected together. Paper and card stay separate unless a written assessment is on file. A changing-room bin is recycling only when that bin is collected as recycling.

A café or juice bar that produces food waste needs its own food collection. If the site does not produce food waste, record that and the food stream does not apply.

Match the sites to the bins

Record the gym, and a separate café, as the sites that match the bins. Keep the collection contract or the landlord’s confirmation with the site.

If the site is in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, read the guide for that nation. The streams and dates there are different. The free check on SortProof uses the England rules.

Can plastic bottles go with cans and glass?

Yes. Plastic, metal and glass may be collected together as dry recycling.

Does a changing-room bin count as recycling?

Only if that bin is actually collected as recycling. General waste from changing rooms stays in the general waste collection.