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Waste Management

Waste Management

Large red waste bins on Cardiff Metropolitan University campus Large red waste bins on Cardiff Metropolitan University campus
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Cardiff Met aims to minimise waste production and promote the re-use of items on campus. Reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering waste is a key part of operating sustainably and making sure our students, staff, and visitors are contributing towards making a circular economy a reality in Wales and zero waste by 2050.


A member of the Sustainability team engages in conversation with students at a Go Green Week information stall A member of the Sustainability team engages in conversation with students at a Go Green Week information stall

Responsible Waste Systems

Our waste and recycling figures have been recorded since 2007, since then the University has achieved major waste reduction. Where possible, items are re-used internally to encourage circularity and can be claimed through a designated space on campus or online platform Warp-It. We work closely with our student and staff community to promote responsible waste disposal by participating in events such as the Freshers' Fayre and Go Green Week, alongside our primary waste management partners Biffa and Cardiff Council.

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Large red waste bins on Cardiff Metropolitan University campus
Where Does General Waste Go?

Cardiff Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) treats waste from local authority and businesses. They divert around 95% of south Wales' residual waste away from landfill and generates 30mw of electricity for the national grid - enough to power around 50,000 households.

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Waste Guidance

A Waste Guidance Document is available to staff and students through internal platforms, which features an extensive list of waste items and where they can properly disposed to avoid litter and landfill.

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Reducing Textiles Waste

As well as clothes donation bins being placed on each site, the Sustainability team hold free termly clothes swaps, saving hundreds of items from landfill each year. Lost property is also donated to charity.

Wooden sheds on Cardiff Met campus Wooden sheds on Cardiff Met campus

Re-Use at Cardiff Met

Cardiff Met has adopted a re-use scheme through Warp-It, a digital platform in which colleagues and local organisations can claim unused large items such as office furniture and teaching equipment. Smaller items, such as stationary and books are available for staff and students to collect from out Llandaff re-use shed.

 

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Three colour-coded waste and recycling bins Three colour-coded waste and recycling bins

Cardiff Met's Waste Management Policy

Waste Management Policy

Cardiff Metropolitan University recognises the importance of the role it has to play in the protection of our natural environment, locally, regionally and globally in the promotion principles of sustainability across all its activities, including waste generation and waste removal from campus.

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Awards
The Sustainability team celebrate their 2-star Fairtrade University award
Biodiversity
Flowers and green space on a sunny day at the Llandaff campus
Energy and Carbon
Solar panels on the roof of a building on the Llandaff Campus at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Environmental Research
A person in a lab coat uses a pipette to dispense a sample into a container.
Paper and Print
Two cardboards boxes, one opened and containing a Cardiff Met navy hoodie, on a carpeted floor
Sustainability Engagement
A member of staff talks with a student at a Sustainability information booth
Sustainable Food
A group of staff and students sit and stand around a decorated kitchen table featuring a spread of various foods
Students' Union
The Students' Union mascot, a light blue and white dragon, holding a tote bag in the middle of a busy Freshers' Fayre
Travel and Transport
A man inspects a metal bolt in his hands while repairing a bicycle raised on a stand
Other Aspects
Manhole cover in a field of grass