Solid Waste Separation

12.2 Operational measures

12.2.1 – Does your university as a body have a policy on ethical sourcing of food and supplies?

Evidence 2 The Policy of Solid Waste Separation

VRU has also focused on a policy to maximize the use of solid waste withing the university. Therefore, the cooperation of all parts of the university including shops and cafes are included. In the case of shops and cafes, the no leftovers from cooking such as vegetable scraps, fruit peels, eggshells, and other things are left without any benefit.  The food scraps were separated by the customers using the provided waste containers and then these waste has been transformed via anaerobic fermentation to generate liquid fertilizers. These fertilized have been allowed for staff and student to grow crops or to use in their homes for organic productions. The produced Biogas can be use within the university canteens as well.