December 18, 2020 - Presentation of the activities of the WG Resources and Waste to the RUS Coordination Committee

 

2023 - Waste prevention and circular economy in the universities of the RUS: a mapping of the experiences

2021 - EWWR 2021 European Week for Waste Reduction – Video of WG: find out who participated to this edition of EWWR

2020 - Circular Economy - Mapping good practices

2020 - Mapping RUS

2018 - First census on waste management at the universities

 

19 marzo 2024 - Workshop "Rifiuti come risorse: I progetti di UniUrb Sostenibile" - Il Gruppo di Lavoro Risorse e Rifiuti della RUS: attività presenti e future

16 novembre 2023 - Conference “Gestione sostenibile delle risorse” - Il Gruppo di Lavoro Risorse e Rifiuti della RUS: attività presenti e future

October 28, 2021 - ECOMONDO - Nuove opzioni gestionali e strumenti di valutazione per accelerare la transizione verso l'economia circolare

October 7, 2021 - Inauguration of the Study Center on Circular Economy - Le istituzioni per l’economia circolare, La RUS per la promozione dell’economia circolare dentro e fuori gli Atenei 

2021 - Conscious USE, sustainable REUSE. Roundtable on best practices - La RUS per la promozione dell'economia circolare negli Atenei: focus buone pratiche per il riuso

2019 - Sardinia Symposium - Sustainable waste management at Universities

2018 - ECOMONDO - Good practices (zipper folder)

 

 

Università Roma Tre - “https://www.dock3.it/circular-south/  - Circular South" Program of dock3 - The Startup Lab and Conai test business ideas of circular economy and verify their potential on the market, open to university students and graduates of the universities of Southern Italy. 

Università degli Studi di Padova - https://www.dicea.unipd.it/cewms  - “CEWMS - Circular Ecomony of Waste Materials and Sustainability" Initiative aimed at creating a synergistic network between the various stakeholders in the area by leveraging not only the results that can be obtained through advanced research, but also the ability to propose sustainable cultural models through training.

UNIVERSITY REUSE INITIATIVES

Reuse AEE

Università degli Studi di Udine - https://riuso.uniud.it – “Portale del Riuso” - Since 2017, assets and equipment have been given away free of charge to other public agencies, schools, and nonprofit organizations;

Politecnico di Milano: - https://www.som.polimi.it/la-scuola/sostenibilita/#section05 - “Give them a chance” - Since 2020, personal computers no longer used by the University have been donated to school-age children for distance learning;

Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (Cesena) - https://www.trashwarecesena.it/ - “Trashware” - People, companies, P.A. donate material that would otherwise have to be disposed of to the University, which in turn donates it to local businesses that need it.

Reuse various materials:

Politecnico di Milano - http://www.campus-sostenibile.polimi.it/rimodellami - Since 2019, material used by architecture students for model building is collected, immediately (re)usable by other students.

Reuse is sharing:

Politecnico di Milano - http://www.campus-sostenibile.polimi.it/ciclofficina - Bicycle garage, run by students, to support small repairs and the rebirth of usable bikes again;

Politecnico di Milano - http://www.campus-sostenibile.polimi.it/convenzioni - “POLISharing" - Agreements for shared use of mobility equipment.

Raise consciousness and educate on reuse:

Università degli Studi di Salerno - http://www.greenopoli.it/home/ - “Greenopoli” - LCA environmental disclosure with an innovative training method, which has also helped to encourage actions to reduce waste production and reuse.