An Ecological Vision with Social Responsibility …
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5.1 Disposal and Proper Collection of Solid Waste
(a) The following priorities were defined:
• Refit all HEI´s bins, including different colours. We decided to use only two
colours because the municipality receives waste in two forms: recyclable waste
(mainly paper, plastic bottles, and cans) and non-recyclable waste. The recyclable
and the non-recyclable garbage are collected by the municipality on different days
and to organized this process in the university we decided to identify them in
different colours bags, to be better organized.
• There will be two forms of disposal: recyclable waste (blue bags) and nonrecyclable waste (black bags). We renewed the tender to contract a company
to clean the buildings and organize the garbage in this way.
• Guidance and awareness of cleaners about the importance of proper disposal. As
it is an outsourced company, it was necessary to include in the bidding process
this need. It was suggested to create a flowchart with the garbage disposal process
to train the cleaning company.
• The involvement of the Internal Accident Prevention Commission (CIPA) to
advise employees on proper disposal, among other actions. The Municipality
Secretariat of the Environment was willing to help with whatever is needed in this
area.
• After purchasing trash bins, visual adjustment and cleaning instructions were
done, and we contact the recycle collection for the removal of the waste.
• In HEI´s administrative environment, a place was left to discard non-confidential
papers.
• Purchase a paper shredder for confidential documents. Thus, they can be shredded
correctly and taken to recycling.
• Organize with the University Marketing Department to articulate the best way to
create Uni-FACEF new disposal culture, involving students and teachers. We will
make a didactic visual identity to facilitate the disposal.
(b) Before the VERSAS:
The university had four-color bins in some common spaces, but inside the room, there
was only one kind of bin. The coloured bins did not guarantee that the waste was
necessarily separated and would be correctly allocated to the municipal recycling
cooperative, because sometimes it was confusing, and the cleaning staff was not
trained for such separation. The garbage bags when they were removed from the
trash cans, were in the same colour (all black), so it was confusing to separate.
(c) Lessons learned from MMU adapted into VERSAS project
Inside that university, on every floor, there are very illustrative, self-explanatory bins
on how to dispose of garbage. There areas special bins for used paper.
575
5.1 Disposal and Proper Collection of Solid Waste
(a) The following priorities were defined:
• Refit all HEI´s bins, including different colours. We decided to use only two
colours because the municipality receives waste in two forms: recyclable waste
(mainly paper, plastic bottles, and cans) and non-recyclable waste. The recyclable
and the non-recyclable garbage are collected by the municipality on different days
and to organized this process in the university we decided to identify them in
different colours bags, to be better organized.
• There will be two forms of disposal: recyclable waste (blue bags) and nonrecyclable waste (black bags). We renewed the tender to contract a company
to clean the buildings and organize the garbage in this way.
• Guidance and awareness of cleaners about the importance of proper disposal. As
it is an outsourced company, it was necessary to include in the bidding process
this need. It was suggested to create a flowchart with the garbage disposal process
to train the cleaning company.
• The involvement of the Internal Accident Prevention Commission (CIPA) to
advise employees on proper disposal, among other actions. The Municipality
Secretariat of the Environment was willing to help with whatever is needed in this
area.
• After purchasing trash bins, visual adjustment and cleaning instructions were
done, and we contact the recycle collection for the removal of the waste.
• In HEI´s administrative environment, a place was left to discard non-confidential
papers.
• Purchase a paper shredder for confidential documents. Thus, they can be shredded
correctly and taken to recycling.
• Organize with the University Marketing Department to articulate the best way to
create Uni-FACEF new disposal culture, involving students and teachers. We will
make a didactic visual identity to facilitate the disposal.
(b) Before the VERSAS:
The university had four-color bins in some common spaces, but inside the room, there
was only one kind of bin. The coloured bins did not guarantee that the waste was
necessarily separated and would be correctly allocated to the municipal recycling
cooperative, because sometimes it was confusing, and the cleaning staff was not
trained for such separation. The garbage bags when they were removed from the
trash cans, were in the same colour (all black), so it was confusing to separate.
(c) Lessons learned from MMU adapted into VERSAS project
Inside that university, on every floor, there are very illustrative, self-explanatory bins
on how to dispose of garbage. There areas special bins for used paper.