Sustainable events
The University of Graz’s Events Service has been awarded UZ 62 ‘Green Meetings and Green Events’. This certification focuses on reducing waste, encouraging more sustainable travel for visitors and speakers, and improving energy efficiency. For detailed guidance on how to achieve certification, please visit the Events Service website.
Sustainable catering
The University of Graz places great importance on sustainable food. This includes, above all, sustainable catering at university events. To make things easier for event organisers, there are guidelines for sustainable catering.
Procurement
The Sustainable Procurement Guide provides staff with tips on creating a sustainable workplace, whilst the Green Office Guide outlines ways to design a sustainable office.
Toilet roll press
At the main campus of the University of Graz, used toilet paper is collected separately and recycled using the university’s own toilet paper baler to produce new toilet paper products. This initiative reduces the amount of residual waste on campus and enables the annual consumption of approximately 13.6 tonnes of toilet paper (2023 figures) to be returned to a closed-loop system.
Cleaning and waste
Cleaning at the university is carried out using eco-friendly cleaning products. Waste management is being continuously improved, primarily through the introduction of waste separation schemes. You can find the university’s waste separation guide here. The new waste bins can be ordered via the Campus Service Portal.
Reusable deposit cups at cafés on campus
BackCup – the reusable deposit cup. This reusable takeaway coffee cup can be used at all BackCup partner outlets.
IT
When purchasing equipment, we place particular emphasis on energy-efficient devices. Decommissioned devices are handed over to “IT Remarketing – Computiras”, where the data is certified as having been deleted and the devices are refurbished for reuse.
You can find detailed data and further information in the environmental statement, which is published annually.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact: emas(at)uni-graz.at
- Guidelines for sustainable procurement
- University of Graz coffee-to-go cups
- Waste management