A greener campus

97% of our waste is recycled

90% of our electricity comes from verifiable renewable sources

Our commitment to sustainability informs our major decision-making in three key areas:

On campus: we continually improve our resource efficiency, pollution elimination, zero carbon infrastructure and transport, and urban biodiversity networks.

Curriculum: students are the next generation of behaviour change influencers and ours are working on research collaborations through our Suffolk Sustainability Institute or other centres.

Community: we actively provide knowledge and project support across the region. Our Smart House, a recent collaboration completed in 2022, is a sustainable home, testing materials and infrastructure to aid design, build techniques and occupation.

Last academic year we achieved a 97% recycling rate placing us in the Top 10 People and Planet League Table for Waste and Recycling and, since April 2022, over 90% of the University’s electricity has been generated from verifiable renewable sources.

uos.ac.uk/sustainability

Reflecting our commitment to sustainability and reducing waste, this printed guide is shorter than our usual prospectus.