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Environment and Energy
The aim of these pages is to make members of the department aware of the department’s environmental performance and to highlight ways in which you can contribute to improving our environmental performance
News
Green Impact Success!
The Green Impact Award ceremony took place on 4 May and we are pleased to say that Biology Infrastructure was awarded a Bronze award and Biology Teaching was awarded “working towards” status. Biology Infrastructure also won the overall prize for collecting the most Green Impact points across the University, this resulted in the award of a hand carved clock made from reclaimed Oak which is to be kept for one year and then passed on to the winners next year. Well done everyone!
Thinking of getting involved, why not enter a team? Contact Sarah Dwyer or Jo Hossell for more details
Energy
Why save energy?
Travel
The University provides a range of schemes to encourage sustainable transport, including money saving offers on bikes, buses and trains and preferential parking for car shares
What can I do?
Sustainability Forum
- Staff and students at the University have established a Sustainability Forum to raise awareness of sustainable issues.
- They advertise events regularly on York Extra
- If you wish to be included on the mailing list contact them by email
Links
Purchasing
The use of equipment has many direct environmental impacts, including:
- consumption of electricity, water, consumables and other resources
- creation of waste, both in use and at end of life
The University encourages a Whole Life Costing approach to the purchasing of new equipment; further guidance can be found in the following links and documents
Waste and Recycling
The Department now operates a Mixed Waste recycling scheme so any recyclable material (apart from food waste) can be put in any recycling container.
There are seperate "Food Caddies" for food waste located in Biology Atrium
For more detailed information about which items can be recycled please visit the Infrastructure Waste pages
Hazardous / Offensive waste must also be disposed of correctly, please visit the Infrastructure Waste pages for details of how to proceed
Water Use
The cost of water, economically and environmentally, is an ever increasing concern to many people. The University pays 59p per litre for water supplied and £1.07 for disposal, in addition there is a cost to heat the water and pump it around campus.
What can I do?
Green Impact
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What can I do?
- To find out more please visit the Green Impact website
- If you would like to be involved please contact Jo Hossell - Departmental Energy Manager