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Since 2022, our team has been awarded the Gold award for the Green Impact programme. We aim to continue this into the future and we hope to achieve even more.
Green Impact Awards
We have had a Green Impact team in the department since at least 2018 and each academic year we work through the Green Impact programme with the aim of obtaining a Bronze, Silver or Gold at Sustainable UCL's annual award ceremony.
The Green Impact team:
- Achieved a silver award in 2021, and since then has received the GOLD award each year.
- Created a bespoke departmental Sustainability Plan, which earned a Special Award for Outstanding Sustainability Plan at the 2023 award ceremony.
Other Achievements
Revitalising Recycling Scheme
Staff and students were confused about what could be recycled, not helped by a motley collection of different bin types and notices around the lab. The Green Impact team:
- Found out what could be recycled in our normal collection
- Negotiated with the collectors and the MSSL cleaners to ensure different bags of different colours would be used for waste and recycling
- Obtained funding from the department for new recyling bins which are placed in strategic places around the lab
- Put up clear notices and posters
Bicycle Loan Scheme
Once we had achieved the gold award we were eligible to apply for a small amount of funding for a project in our department. In 2023 we were awarded a grant of £1000 to spend on some folding bicycles to lend out to staff and students to help them travel to and from MSSL. These were all enthusiastically borrowed in the first year.
EV Charging points
The Green Impact team surveyed staff and students to assess the need for EV charging points. When the need was proven, we campaigned successfully to get charging points installed at MSSL.
