A Review of a University Recycling Policy

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ABSTRACT

Recycling is the practice in which the waste materials are being collected and transformed into new products. This process is helpful in protecting the non renewable natural resources as it helps in preventing the waste of those materials which are useful. It is the process that consists of technique which helps producing new materials from the wastes and used material. The aim of this research is to find out the how universities are implementing and reviewing their recycling policies. In this research study three approaches are used: interview techniques, questionnaire and secondary data collection. The participant for interview phase were 10 managers from various universities across UK and the participants for survey phase were 100 students from various universities across UK. The results show that the UK university recycling policies are very effective. However, communication of the recycling programmes should be increased to involve more number of staff, faculty and students, which can help in achieving the universities' part of environmental target set by the government.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the research1

The Recycling Of Plastics1

Glass Recycling2

Metal Recycling2

Recycling of Aluminium2

Paper Recycling3

Research aims and objectives4

Aim4

Objectives4

Research questions5

Dissertation layout5

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW7

Work on Hazardous Waste Disposal in accordance with ISO 140008

Benefits and limitation9

Recycling Methods10

Separation at Source10

Collected after Manual Separation11

Mechanical Separation11

Facilitating Pro-Recycling Behaviour Change11

Situational Incentives to Recycle11

Antecedent Strategies12

Consequence Strategies12

Universities and Recycling13

Sustainability14

Sustainable Campus Operations16

Water conservation17

Energy management18

Solid waste management19

Dining Services21

Landscaping and grounds management22

Alternative transportation22

Purchasing23

Green buildings23

Climate Action Planning25

Planning26

Focus on Waste Management27

Waste Management27

Declining Landfill Space27

Educating Campus Stakeholders about Sustainability27

Education for sustainable campus operations28

Infusing sustainability across the curriculum31

CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY33

Introduction33

Overview of Research Approach33

Research Method and Design Appropriateness33

Qualitative and Quantitative Research Design33

Research Tool to be Utilized35

Unstructured In-Depth Interviews35

Secondary Data Collection35

Questionnaires35

Justification of Research Tools36

Participants of the research38

Interview Participants38

Survey Participants38

Population and Sampling38

Population38

Reliability of Sources39

Research Ethics39

Limitation of the Research40

Literature Search40

Keywords Used41

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS42

Survey Results42

Interview Results52

Facts through Figures59

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION63

Recommendations64

REFERENCES66

APPENDIX73

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the research

Recycling is the practice in which the waste materials are being collected and transformed into new products. This process is helpful in protecting the non renewable natural resources as it helps in preventing the waste of those materials which are useful. It is the process that consists of technique which helps producing new materials from the wastes and used material (Strange & Bayley, 2008). The purpose of recycling is to reduce the potential environmental pollution and save the non renewable materials. There are many different reasons and advantages of recycling old materials to turn into new, similar products some of them are following: According to the research following are the types of recycling:

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