Future Work

Last RE-cycling post (for now)

I have been writing this blog for the last 3.5 months as coursework of the Global Environmental Change module. This is part of the University College of London “Climate Change” MSc.

During these months I tried to talk about recycling and, more generically, about waste management. I decide to organize the work starting from some background concepts related to the typology, quantity and methods to dispose the waste we produce (Digging the topic 1, 2 & 3). Other important group of posts is aimed to understand the role and importance of the recycling process: following the Waste Hierarchy, I explained why recycling (together with Reuse and Reduce), represents the best disposal method to treat the waste (Recycling: yes or not? 1,2,3,4 & 5).

In between, I gave space to some news (as source I mainly used “the Guardian” website and Adam Vaughan pieces of writing) and some extra links and initiative (“America Recycles Day” or the “Guardian Big Energy Debate”).

Moreover, I dedicated few posts to the recycling process and facilities within our University: I wrote about initiatives like the “Christmas Switch Off” or, simply, about the new recycling 3-stream-bins and relative signs. Importantly, I had the luck to meet the Green UCL staff. We had a wonderful chat about several UCL-recycling-topics like quantity of waste produced, recycling ratio, new 3-stream-bins, quality of recycled, WARPit & Junk in the Trunk projects and about the way to improve the recycling results.

I think that the best way to conclude is by writing what a list of future topics would be. In a blogger style, I am keen to highlight here an hypothetical future posts schedule:

1. Costs of recycling

2. Recycling and waste management in developing countries

3. Psychology and people behaviour/approach

4. Reuse and Reduce: some practical examples

5. Recycling and waste management in London

6. A day in a landfill site

7. Interviews

8. Updates about news and events about recycling and waste

9. Updates about Green UCL activities

….and thanks everyone for reading this blog!