In addition to a large amount of waste equivalent to urban waste, FEUP produces in its teaching and research laboratory activities a considerable amount of waste of very different types, many of them being hazardous waste likely to cause damage to the environment or public health. The responsibility for the management of this waste falls legally to the institution, but it is also and mainly from the perspective of sustainability, social responsibility, and the training\/education of its students that FEUP has invested over the past 20 years in the promotion of proper waste management.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>WASTE MANAGEMENT<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>Regarding waste management options, priority should be given to prevention and reduction<\/strong>, and the FEUP and the Comissariado para a Sustentabilidade have promoted some initiatives in this sense. Examples of measures aimed at the prevention and reduction of waste production are:<\/p>\n\n- promoting the use of reusable water bottles by distributing bottles to first-year students<\/li>\n
- promoting the use of reusable coffee cups in vending machines by making available in each machine the option without cup, at a lower cost, and the sale of reusable cups in the FEUP shop;<\/li>\n
- the non-use of disposable products in events;<\/li>\n
- the use of network printers for multiple users;<\/li>\n
- Organisation, in partnership with Lipor, of Repair Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/em> events, whose aim is to give damaged equipment a second life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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In order to enable reuse<\/strong>, recycling<\/strong>, other types of valorisation<\/strong>, specific treatment or adequate disposal<\/strong>, it is essential to have correct sorting and selective deposition in order to keep the waste flow separated by type and nature. Therefore, FEUP:<\/p>\n\n- has several recycling bins inside the buildings placed in different locations, for the separation of recyclable urban waste – paper, plastic and metal packaging, and glass – as well as specific containers for depositing batteries, ink cartridges and toners;<\/li>\n
- promotes the collection of paper at workplaces, using tailor-made cardboard boxes specifically for paper collection;<\/li>\n
- promotes good practices in the treatment of laboratory waste, carrying out quarterly collections and the appropriate forwarding of waste by companies authorised by the Ministry of the Environment;<\/li>\n
- promotes the collection of electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) and of used cooking oil in its community, making containers for this purpose available at the recycling bin;<\/li>\n
- ensures the segregation of its non urban waste, forwarding it appropriately through non urban waste management operators authorised by the Ministry of the Environment;<\/li>\n
- has an ecopoint and a warehouse for the temporary deposit of waste, before final disposal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
FEUP is registered in the Integrated System for Electronic Registration of Waste (SIRER), supported by the SILiAmb platform, where it fills in and submits the Integrated Waste Registration Map (MIRR) annually.<\/p>\n
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- promoting the use of reusable water bottles by distributing bottles to first-year students<\/li>\n
- promoting the use of reusable coffee cups in vending machines by making available in each machine the option without cup, at a lower cost, and the sale of reusable cups in the FEUP shop;<\/li>\n
- the non-use of disposable products in events;<\/li>\n
- the use of network printers for multiple users;<\/li>\n
- Organisation, in partnership with Lipor, of Repair Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/em> events, whose aim is to give damaged equipment a second life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n
In order to enable reuse<\/strong>, recycling<\/strong>, other types of valorisation<\/strong>, specific treatment or adequate disposal<\/strong>, it is essential to have correct sorting and selective deposition in order to keep the waste flow separated by type and nature. Therefore, FEUP:<\/p>\n
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- has several recycling bins inside the buildings placed in different locations, for the separation of recyclable urban waste – paper, plastic and metal packaging, and glass – as well as specific containers for depositing batteries, ink cartridges and toners;<\/li>\n
- promotes the collection of paper at workplaces, using tailor-made cardboard boxes specifically for paper collection;<\/li>\n
- promotes good practices in the treatment of laboratory waste, carrying out quarterly collections and the appropriate forwarding of waste by companies authorised by the Ministry of the Environment;<\/li>\n
- promotes the collection of electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) and of used cooking oil in its community, making containers for this purpose available at the recycling bin;<\/li>\n
- ensures the segregation of its non urban waste, forwarding it appropriately through non urban waste management operators authorised by the Ministry of the Environment;<\/li>\n
- has an ecopoint and a warehouse for the temporary deposit of waste, before final disposal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
FEUP is registered in the Integrated System for Electronic Registration of Waste (SIRER), supported by the SILiAmb platform, where it fills in and submits the Integrated Waste Registration Map (MIRR) annually.<\/p>\n
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