King's is committed to reducing our impact on the environment, including the impact of various waste streams across the university.

We do this by applying the waste hierarchy of 'Prevent, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recovery, Disposal'.

We are currently in the process of developing the next iteration of our Waste and Resource Strategy and Action Plan, which emphasises the need to prevent and reduce waste by working with our procurement team and suppliers, and outlines actions to achieve the aims of the waste hierarchy. 

Our waste and recycling targets support this: we have set the target to reduce operational waste by 30% by 2023-24, and to increase recycling to 60% by the same year. We also operate a zero waste to landfill policy.

We measure the amount of waste created on campus, including recycling, food waste, general waste, electrical and electronic equipment waste, construction waste and others. Our waste and recycling targets, data and initiatives are reported publicly through our annual Environmental Sustainability Report.

Students and staff at King's can support us in achieving these targets by reducing waste, and ensuring they use the correct bins on campus. To support this, we have developed a Waste A-Z which explains how common types of waste can be recycled on campus.