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European Week for Waste Reduction

Every year, the Green Office takes part in the European Week for Waste Reduction (external link, opens in a new window) with an activity. In 2024, the Green Office organised a Clean-Up Day to clear the campus of litter.

Only a clean campus is a beautiful campus!

Brief description of the project

What is the goal? With the Campus Clean-Up, we want to rid the university and OTH grounds of litter, especially plastic. On the one hand, because a clean campus area is simply more beautiful, but above all to reduce the waste load and feed recyclable material into the recycling cycle. This protects the campus as a habitat for insects, birds, and our wild rabbits.

When? Every year during the European Week for Waste Reduction. This year, it will take place from 22 to 30 November with a focus on avoiding electronic waste.

Participants:

Foto: UR/Patrick Farkas

Last clean-up

Foto: UR/Patrick Farkas

The most curious find of the day was a bent fork. Crown corks were also collected, which were then donated to the Kronkorken e.V. (external link, opens in a new window) organisation.

Up to 15 kg of waste

At the last event on 19 November 2024, 25 participants made up of students, staff and lecturers collected a total of up to 15 kg of waste!

What is the European Week for Waste Reduction?

That's what it's all about

Waste avoidance is resource and climate protection. This is because the manufacture of many products consumes a lot of resources and produces emissions. For this reason everyday objects should be consumed consciously, used for as long as possible and, ideally, recycled at the end of their useful life. This is what the three R's of the European Waste Prevention Week stand for: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

The week of action also stands for the fact that tens of thousands of people campaign for waste prevention at the same time every year in November. Every action, no matter how small, contributes to greater resource conservation and can set an example for others.

You can find more information on the EWWR website (external link, opens in a new window)

Goals

  • Education on waste prevention, reuse, and recycling
  • Publicising the work of the EWWR participants
  • Mobilising and stimulating citizen engagement around the "3Rs"
  • Strengthening the capacity of EWWR stakeholders by equipping them with targeted communication tools and training
  • Creating awareness of key aspects of waste prevention by selecting an annually changing thematic focus
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