Ashley talks sustainable labs and single use plastics
Last year I began my role as a Student Sustainability Architect, where I was tasked with exploring the use of single-use plastics (SUPs) in laboratories...
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Choose to reuse - alternatives to single use plastic
Perhaps you carry a refillable water bottle in your bag, pack your shopping into reusable bags at the supermarket, or nab a discount for using...
The Big Plastic Count on Campus - what happens next?
In May 2022 the Big Plastic Count came to the University of Leeds, and we asked students and staff to report the single-use plastic that...
Refill store shopping in Leeds
One of the biggest sources of waste for individuals, and particularly plastic waste, comes from packaging. It is often the very definition of single use,...
Making your lab more sustainable
Ashley is a PhD student in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and a Student Sustainability Architect investigating sustainability in labs, with a focus...
The Water Bottle Brief
An understanding of sustainability issues is becoming increasingly important for any job role, not just sustainability professionals or climate scientists. That’s why it’s critical that...
First LEAF Silver Certificate at the University
The Protein Production Facility receives the first LEAF Silver Certificate at the University. Laura Wilkinson Hewitt is a Staff Sustainability Architect in the Faculty of Biological Sciences...
Working together to find sustainable solutions
The team at the Careers Centre have shown how anyone can work with colleagues across the university, and with suppliers, to find sustainable solutions for...
Tackling Single-Use plastics in Healthcare
Sara Jones (Medicine) discusses her project on the impacts of COVID-19 on the use of disposables in Medicine and Healthcare programmes at the University of...
#2023plasticfree in the curriculum
Kashmir Kaur, one of our Staff Sustainability Architects, has successfully embedded the #2023plasticfree pledge into the sustainability module she delivers in the School of Languages,...