Let's put every waste in its right place!
Separate waste collection is the first step in making our University more sustainable, but it is also a legal obligation.
Help us reduce the amount of materials going to landfill, save energy and recover raw materials, in a circular economy.
Remember: in Bologna and province only, cans are delivered together with glass (green ecobox)
Producing 1 ton of virgin paper requires 15 trees, 440000 litres of water and 7600 kWh of electricity, while producing 1 ton of recycled paper requires only
in addition, about 1308 kg of CO2 eq. emissions are saved.
(Source: Regione Emilia-Romagna and Comieco)
The plastic recycling process:
Globally, for every ton of plastic recycled each year, 3.5 billion barrels of oil could be saved and CO2 emissions reduced by about 2 tons.
(Source: Corepla and One Ocean Foudation)
(Source: Coreve)
