REF:66-2010-1930721 - Laundry and Covid

Your comment: With Covid becoming an ever increasing issue within Aberystwyth, the university should be pressed to deal with the issue even more. Scientists have provided evidence, which has then been shared via media outlets, that Covid is able to stay on surfaces and clothing for an extended period of time. Whilst anti-bacterial wipes are able to deal with the surfaces, what about clothes? with the prices of Circuit Laundry being roughly £3.80 for a full wash, it would make sense to reduce this price to a more economically viable price so that students who are incredibly worried or are isolating can wash their clothes more often, reducing the chances of Covid continuing to exist on their clothing. I ask for the Accommodation department to reduce prices or request a reduction in prices by Circuit, so that students are able to do their part, together, in reducing Covid clinging onto clothing.

Our response:

Thank you for your comments about washing and drying machines. As you will be aware, the prices for a wash and dry is £2.50 per wash and £1.30 for the dryer. The washing and drying machines are not owned by the university but a private company called Circuit. We have negotiated with Circuit over the past three years and have managed to keep the prices the same, whereas all other Uni’s have increased the prices. We have also managed to negotiated to increase the dry time from 50 minutes to one hour, without increasing the price. We will continue to work with Circuit to keep our prices as low as possible.