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University-wide key amnesty: re-use, recycle, and improve security

Help improve campus security and sustainability by returning any keys that are no longer used. Every key removed from circulation helps keep our campus secure.


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Published on 07 Aug 2026 Last updated on 10 Aug 2026
A bunch of keys
Recycle your spare keys with Campus Infrastructure.

If you have any spare keys, please return them to Campus Infrastructure during this amnesty. The types of keys accepted are:

  • unwanted keys
  • redundant keys
  • broken keys
  • unidentified keys.

What will happen to the keys

All returned keys will be securely processed and, where possible, reused or recycled. Please note:

  • this is not a key identification service
  • any keys submitted through the amnesty will not be returned.

What to do

Collect together your unwanted keys and place them in a bag or box. Then either:

  • send them to the Campus Infrastructure Helpdesk in the internal post
  • take them to the Campus Infrastructure Helpdesk (next to The Chancellors' Building, marked as 'CI' in square 4C on this map )
  • take them to the Security desk at Level 2 of the Library, or
  • contact Simon Brown to arrange collection.