Reducing, reusing and recycling waste at Kingston University

Kingston University recognises that all aspects of our operations generate waste, emissions and discharges and we are committed to optimising use of our resources by implementing the waste hierarchy.

Kingston University has a zero waste to landfill policy in place and we are working to continuously prevent and reduce waste production in all areas of the University. Anything that we can't recycle is taken to an energy recovery facility (incinerator) where it is burned to generate electricity for the national grid.

According to latest figures, in 2018/2019 the University generated 618 tonnes of waste.

Kingston University has a waste target to achieve a year-on-year increase in the proportion (%) of operational waste (residential and non-residential) recycled (from the baseline year of 2019/2020).

Re:love

When our students move out of their halls of residences at the end of term, many have items which they no longer want or need. To address this and make sure these items don't end up in the bin, we run an annual ‘Re:Love' project, where we collect items that could have been re-used, and donate these to charity. If you are a local charity and would be interested in claiming items that the University no longer needs, please contact us.