Recycling and Waste
Waste prevention (our priority)
Monash University prioritises waste prevention over recycling. Recycling deals with turning discarded materials into a useful product, where waste prevention finds ways to use less materials, products and packaging.
Reduce and Reuse
Recycling diverts waste from landfill and conserves resources, energy and water during production processes. In short, recycling makes good environmental and economic sense!
- Redistribute Office Furniture - Mid Year and End of Year Cleanouts
- Buy and Sell Second Hand Goods - Monash Market Place
- Donate unwanted goods to charity or second hand office suppliers
- Use an Eco Mug
- Use Crockery instead of disposable at meetings an events
- Bring your own lunch instead of takeaway
- Choose outlets that provide crockery
- Donate computers to engineers without borders (link or contact)
Recycling
You can now recycle all disposable food containers at all Monash campuses. Make sure you help reduce waste to landfill and use the right bin!
- Recycling at Monash - list of all recyclables and what to do with them
- Fact Sheet: Takeaway Food containers
Reduce YOUR waste to landfill and get a free desk top bin!!!
Find out more: BinThere Done That Guide
What are your campus waste statistics?
Campus 2009 Waste Generation
- Recycling and Waste at Monash (vodcast)
- Otesha project (vodcast)