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Overview
Provides detail on what the University of Edinburgh Waste and Recycling System and the targets the Waste and recycling team have to meet.
The University adopted a Waste Reduction Policy in 1996. This policy was updated in 2004-05, to include a more forceful message of intent to increase recycling and minimise waste.
The Waste Reduction Policy 2005 set targets for recycling and reduction, which have subsequently been met and updated.
The current University targets to recycle 60% of our waste by 2012 and to continue reducing waste to landfill.
In order to achieve this we have a three stream waste and recycling system that allows us to capture as much of the recyclables as possible.
These three streams are:
This article was published on Jan 11, 2010