Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Our overriding ambition is to reduce the amount of waste we produce on campus and to ensure that any waste we do generate is dealt with in a sustainable and responsible manner. We have already committed to this in the University's Environmental Policy, which states that we will minimse waste and continue to take positive steps to adopt the waste hierarchy to: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Responsibly Dispose. 

The Waste Hierarchy sets out waste management options in order of their environmental impacts, giving priority to the prevention of waste, while highlighting how we can gain added value from resources through re-use, recycling and recovery. View the Waste Hierarchy  here. 

 For those tricky bits of trash check out our A-Z Waste Guide, or email us for further information. 

 

Supporting goals 9, 12 and 13 of the Sustainable Development Goals The University's waste procedures are actively working towards achieving Goals 9, 12 and 13 of the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals.

Reduce and Reuse

Discover how the University is reducing and reusing its' waste, and what you can do to reduce yours!

Recycling

The University has a growing number of recycling schemes to cater for multiple types of waste. 

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Join the Estates 'Waste Guru' on the next 'Magical Mystery Waste and Recycling Tour', which takes you behind the scenes, to learn about the implementations that we have in place to manage waste at the University.

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Coffee cups

Find out how to dispose of coffee cups correctly

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Food waste

Find out how various types of food waste is recycled 

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Crisp Packets

Find out how to dispose of crisp packets correctly

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Metals

Find out more about how you can recycle metal items on campus

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Plastic

Find out how you can recycle plastic items on campus

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Paper and cardboard

Find out how you can recycle paper and cardboard on campus

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Glass

Find out how to recycle glass on campus

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Furniture

Find out more about recycling furniture 

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Electrical waste

Find out how to dispose of electrical waste

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Batteries

Find out how you can recycle batteries on campus

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Ink Cartridges

Find out how to recycle ink cartridges

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Hazardous waste

Find out what is classed as Hazardous waste, and the correct method of disposal.

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Wood

Find out how to dispose of wood

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Vaping vessels

Find out more about where to dispose of vaping vessels and electronic cigarettes.

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Clothing and Textiles

Find out how to recycle clothing and textiles

Recycling packaging with University suppliers

The University Computing and Library Services (CLS) purchase IT equipment every year where spend can reach in the region of £2 million plus. This amount of spend involves purchasing a high quantity of IT items and in turn generates a considerable amount of cardboard, polystyrene and foam waste from the packaging.

 In previous years much of this waste was left to the University to dispose of and often would incur a cost. However CLS have now worked with their key supplier ‘STONE Computers’, renegotiated terms under contract agreements and STONE now take the all the packaging (cardboard, polystyrene and foam waste) at no cost to the University. They even take packaging from equipment purchased from other suppliers. This is hugely beneficial to the University as it has reduced costs and waste storage for the University and contributes to the University’s sustainability agenda.

Is this something you could do with any of your suppliers?

Please speak to the sustainability team if you would like any advice on pushing back packaging and helping to recycle more on campus; sustainability@hud.ac.uk

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