Cleaning

Your room:

You are fully responsible for ensuring your room is clean and tidy at all times. You will have access to basic equipment such as a hoover and mop. If you have an en-suite room you will also have to ensure the bathroom is kept clean. 

Communal areas:

Any communal areas such as kitchens, corridors and bathrooms etc must be cleaned by everyone in the block, house or flat; it is a joint responsibility. This includes: work surfaces, fridges, ovens and bins. A good idea is to create/use a cleaning rota to help ensure your communal areas stay clean. Please contact the accommodation team if you need any help with this. It is also a group responsibility to maintain the basic cleaning equipment; making sure the hoover bag is emptied frequently and keeping mops, buckets etc clean and tidy. Hoover bags can be collected from the Accommodation Office. 

Outside areas:

Please also ensure that the areas close to your block stay clean from any rubbish, including cigarette ends. Please use the external bin stores, litter bins and the cigarette bins provided. 

Our responsibility:

We will clean any communal areas outside of your flat (hallways, stairs, entrances etc). You may see the cleaning team during the week and occasionally, they may access your accommodation to use University equipment, such as the hoover.

You have bins in your kitchen for food, general waste, glass and recycling. This waste then needs to be put in the correct bins in the external bin stores. Any rubbish collected in your bedroom and en-suite (where applicable) should also be put directly into the external bin store NOT in your flat/house's communal bins. Wrap any sharp or broken objects (broken glass etc) in newspaper before throwing them out. 

Recycling bags and food waste bags can be collected from the Accommodation Office.

Please see the chart below of what can be recycled - anything not listed on the chart or items which cannot be recycled; please dispose of in general waste.

Material	Which bin?		×
Glass jars & bottles	Glass bin	All glass	Ceramics, Pyrex, drinking glasses, non-glass items
Cardboard	Recycling	Any type of cardboard	Any cardboard which contains non-recyclable products (for example, food)
Paper	Recycling	Newspapers, magazines, note pads, envelopes, letters or any other paper product	Beverage cartons (for example, juice), non-paper items
Food	Green food bin	Any type of food product	Any packaging, plastic bags, liquids, oil
Plastics	Recycling	Empty bottles, caps, straws, pots, tubes, cups and lids	Shrink wrap (Clingfilm), carrier bags, polystyrene, non-plastic items
Cans	Recycling	Aluminion & steel cans (for example, beer cans), foil	Hard metal items (for example, cutlery), non-metal items

It is a good idea to talk to your other housemates about all contributing to buying cleaning products together. 

Here are some useful items you may need to keep things clean:

• Rubber gloves.
• Washing up liquid.
• Tea towels.
• Cloths, scouring pads, brush.
• Oven/hob cleaner.
• Anti-bacterial multi-purpose cleaner.
• Shower and bathroom multi-purpose cleaner.
• Toilet cleaner with seperate cloth and gloves.
• Black rubbish bags.

Make sure you always read and follow instructions carefully.

This template will vary depending on the type of hall you live in. We advise that dishes, pots and pans are to be washed, dried and put away daily by the individual users.