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Baseline and Targets
There are currently no statutory obligations relating to waste from educational establishments: they are not required to report on the amount of waste they produce, or on what the different fractions of waste comprise, or where the waste is disposed. They are also not subject to any waste reduction or recycling targets. This is now starting to change: despite the lack of any statutory obligations, some FE providers or universities are now taking action to implement waste planning strategies across their estate and to encourage greater awareness among their learners and staff about individual responsibilities for waste.
The Government is also taking the lead in encouraging better levels of waste reduction and recycling by departments within its own estate. As part of its actions to develop a sustainably managed estate, the Government has set targets within its estate for levels of waste arisings and recycling as follows:
The FE system also has a key role to play in delivering a more responsible approach to waste. It can achieve this by setting a leading example in implementing sustainable waste management practices within its own estate. Other measures that can be adopted are through raising awareness amongst learning providers and the wider community of the importance of best practice in waste minimisation and resource efficiency.
The Government is also taking the lead in encouraging better levels of waste reduction and recycling by departments within its own estate. As part of its actions to develop a sustainably managed estate, the Government has set targets within its estate for levels of waste arisings and recycling as follows:
- Waste arisings departments to reduce their waste arisings by 5% by 2010 and 25% by 2020, relative to 2004/5 levels.
- Recycling departments to increase their recycling figures to 40% of their waste arisings by 2010 and 75% by 2020.
The FE system also has a key role to play in delivering a more responsible approach to waste. It can achieve this by setting a leading example in implementing sustainable waste management practices within its own estate. Other measures that can be adopted are through raising awareness amongst learning providers and the wider community of the importance of best practice in waste minimisation and resource efficiency.
