The university supports the Scottish Government’s target to reduce waste and increase recycling by 2025 and has made significant progress in waste management.
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RGU Net Zero
Net Zero Campus
Working in collaboration with students and staff, RGU aims to significantly reduce RGU’s emissions from energy, transport and consumables, while factoring recycling and building sustainability into all our future decisions.
One of the university’s key priorities is to reduce the overall RGU environmental footprint through carefully targeted actions, interventions and choices during the next ten years.
In the period 2015-17, the University reduced its carbon footprint by 27%, the highest reduction in absolute emissions achieved by any Scottish university.
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RGU recognises the importance of promoting active travel, which includes walking, wheeling and cycling, to reduce emissions from staff and students commuting to the campus.
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