Indoor Recycling
The University is about to embark on a new era of recycling indoors. Starting in Building 36, and quickly following in Commerce and Chemistry, a new waste management model will be trialled.
An estimated 80% of waste produced at UOW can be recycled. As such the new model needs to support recycling as the normal way to dispose of waste disposal rather than a secondary choice. Most indoor areas have recycling for print paper, including confidential waste, and this will continued. Some areas also have centralised access to comingled recycling (those yellow top bins) and that will continue or be introduced where needed. The big change is at your feet. The bin under each desk will become a comingled recycling bin, which cleaners will empty weekly. Shared waste bins will be available in open plan areas with small waste bins available for individual offices. Cleaners will continue to empty these waste bins daily.
To assist areas to move to the new model all bins will have signage on them. A range of activities will occur during the implementation stage to answer questions, provide additional information and respond to feedback.
Once the trials are finalised and model tweaked as necessary, the new recycling model will be implemented across the whole campus
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