SORTED Guide to Sustainability in Further Education – Part 5 - Estates and Operations – 5.3 Estates and Operations: resource efficiency and waste

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Introduction to the topic area

Every resource purchased has financial and environmental costs associated with its raw materials, manufacture and transportation. Once an item has been used, it then needs to be disposed of. Waste policy has evolved from diverting waste from landfill, to using resources in the most effective way while minimising the impact of their use on the environment. Following the waste management hierarchy helps to improve efficiencies, and avoid high landfill disposal costs and taxes.

Organisational value of embedding sustainability in this area

Wider benefits of embedding sustainability in this area

Reducing waste contributes to national policy drivers being met:

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