CaSPr Topic Support Network - Waste Management

Introduction

This TSN looks at the responsibility placed on all those involved in the management and disposal practices within an institution for waste in a manner that does not harm the environment, whether this be through the minimisation of waste produced and its pollution or an improvement in the uses made of the existing waste. The FHE sector has a huge role to play in promoting and achieving sustainable development and can play a major part in reducing impacts on the environment and resources by using more efficient manufacturing processes and producing less waste.

In the past this TSN group has looked at a range of topics including:
- How to Manage Your Waste
- Legislation and Duty of Care
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
 

Priorities

The Waste TSN has identified the following as their draft priorities for 2007/2008:

• Deliver a half day workshop on waste management and minimisation

• Development of a Waste Aware Campus website in partnership with SWAG

• Development of a guidance note on waste management and minimisation

Click here for the Waste TSN Action Plan for 2007/2008 (coming soon)

Coordinator, Working Group and Members

The Coordinator for the Waste TSN is Ann Galbraith from the University of Glasgow.

The TSN Working Group at present includes staff who work in the following institutions and organisations:

• Adam Smith College
• Changeworks
• Dumfries & Galloway College
• Edinburgh's Telford College
• Glasgow Metropolitan College
• Heriot Watt University
• Moray College
• Perth College
• Robert Gordon University
• Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC)
• Scottish Waste Awareness Group (SWAG)
• South Lanarkshire College
• The Open University
• University of Aberdeen
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• University of St Andrews
• University of Strathclyde

Contact information

Click here to become a member of the Waste TSN

Click here for more information on the waste TSN or any other TSN

Click here to contact the Waste TSN Coordinator