By 2030, UU aims to no longer burn or dump waste. By reducing waste and optimising waste processing, we as a university are moving towards a business where we no longer speak of waste, but of raw materials.
Zero Waste in four steps:
Understanding waste
Knowledge of how and where waste is generated, material use and how different waste streams are processed leads to the ability to steer processes such as procurement, collection and processing.
Circular purchasing
The way and the type of product we buy affects the waste that eventually emerges at the end of the chain.
Waste separation
Waste is collected separately. The better we do this, the more waste we can reuse or recycle, and the less (residual) waste we have to incinerate.
High-quality reuse
When waste is collected separately, products and materials can be more highly processed.
Zero waste captured in four numbers
In 2023 61% of all UU waste was incinerated or landfilled
In 2023, 1.268.500 kilos of waste was discarded at UU
In 2023, 788.073 kilos of waste was treated in a high-quality manner
In 2023 an average of 25 kg of waste was thrown away per student/employee
