Solid Waste Management

Paper Recycling Programme

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.

• 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.

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”

and

• 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”

And

• Reduces “greenhouse gas emissions by 18 x 103kg of carbon equivalent.”

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)