"recycling" blog posts

Recycle Week 2024 – ‘Rescue Me. Recycle.’

Recycle Week 2024 – ‘Rescue Me. Recycle.’

Now in its 21st year, Recycle Week is the flagship annual event organized by Recycle Now. It’s a national celebration aimed at encouraging people to recycle more of the right items, more often.

Posted on: 11 October 2024

Top tips for reducing waste at Christmas

Top tips for reducing waste at Christmas

From cardboard and wrapping paper, to food and plastic packaging, the Christmas period can generate a significant amount of waste.

Posted on: 19 December 2022

Recycling and the circular economy

Recycling and the circular economy

The University’s Sustainability Strategy sets out a number of key targets in relation to reducing waste by 50% and embedding a circular economy across all University operations. To help us achieve these targets, two new roles have been established in the Environmental Sustainability team in FRCS. We caught up with Dr Rhiannon Hunt, Circular Economy Manager and Sam Hay, Waste and Recycling Officer, to find out more.

Posted on: 29 November 2022