| The objectives of the paper recycling programme are:
- To contribute towards an environmental sustainability by saving landfill space, conserving natural resources and reducing pollution, and
- To cultivate an environmental awareness among university community who consume large amounts of paper daily
The targets are:
- To separate all recyclable paper waste from other wastes at source, and
- To supply the paper waste to waste dealers or paper mills for recycling.
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- It takes 17 trees and 1500 liters of oil to produce one ton of paper.
- Producing recycling paper creates 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution than producing paper from virgin fibers.
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| What we have achieved:
Weight of recycled waste paper (2014 October- 2107 November) – 85,020 kg
Weight of recycled waste paper within the year of 2016 – 18,036 kg
Saving from so far
- About 2252 x 103liters of water
- About 1445of Trees
- About 340 x 103 kW of energy.”
- About 255 m3of landfill space”
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- Reduced “greenhouse gas emissions by 85* 103kg of carbon equivalent.”
From recycling in 2016, the University has saved the followings,
- About 477 x 103liters of water
- About 306of Trees
- About “72 x 103kW of energy.”
- About “54 m3of landfill space”
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- Reduces “greenhouse gas emissions by 18 x 103kg of carbon equivalent.”
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Recycling 1000 kg of paper does the following:
- Saves about 26,500 liters of water
- Saves 17 trees
- Saves “about 4000 kW of energy”
- Saves “3 m3 of landfill space”
- Reduces “greenhouse gas emissions by 1000 kg (One metric ton) of carbon equivalent (MTCE).”
(Wastes – Resource Conservation – Common Wastes & Materials – Paper Recycling, 2015)
