'Students on the Move' Project

The ‘Students on the Move’ scheme has helped to clear around 100 tonnes of waste across the city with many household items recycled in partnership with the University’s award winning ‘Student Reuse’ scheme.

‘Students on the Move’ was a collaboration between the University, Students’ Guild and City Council. The aim of the scheme was to provide focused refuse collections and a series of ‘Community Clear-up’ days for students leaving their city residences during the Summer.  The project was developed after consulting with students and permanent residents. There was a desire to see more targeted support for students leaving premises at the end of the academic year.

Students were encouraged to use special bin stickers which allowed bagged rubbish to be quickly identified and picked up by city refuse staff. The Community Clear-up days also provided an opportunity for students to remove larger items of bulky waste. Many local residencies were invited to take part in the Community Clear-up events, coordinated by our Student Community Wardens:

Students were also encouraged to recycle as many household items as possible. A special storage unit was sited on-campus to store recyclable goods as part of the ‘Student Re-use’ campaign.. A special event entitled ‘Freestuff’ distributed the remaining items to new students who arrived in Autumn – so really, nothing was wasted!