Let’s take an easy step to help the University reduce carbon emissions:
- Use reusable cups or glasses instead of plastic cups.
For tips and more information about our Green Portsmouth initiative, visit www.port.ac.uk/greenportsmouth.
Why not… use reusables? Green Portsmouth in action
Posted by Internal Comms on June 4, 2012 in Staff · 2 Comments
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Paul Norman
June 8, 2012
This an overdue timely reminder, but couldn’t the University of Portsmouth actually just make the decision to say no disposable cups and no plastic cups?
I’m constantly saddened by turning up to University of Portsmouth catered events and looking at what looks like an environmental disaster area. I assume that the large plastic trays etc are washed and reused, but clearly the cups and plastic beakers end up in the bin.
Can’t we have proper glasses? and proper cups? (I.e. outside of the University of Portsmouth boardroom).
Nick Leach
June 19, 2012
Dear Paul
If I may answer your comments as the Head of Catering Services at the University.
We continually strive to reduce our environmental impact and work hard to be as carbon neutral as possible. You may have seen some of our initiatives such as Mug4Life and our recycling program. However some of our aims have to contend with other factors such as Health and Safety, which prevent us from delivering china if it has to be carried up more than four steps due to weight contracts. We are constantly working to ensure we have the most eco-friendly disposable cups but I do fully understand that it is not an ideal product. Other then cups all plastic trays are returned, washed and reused.