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Waste and Recycling
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FUKUYA IINO
Between 2001 and 2003 the total waste generated for the UNU Centre decreased by 1.0% by
weight for general and waste, and decreased by 10% by volume for cans bins and plastic waste. In
particular there were reductions in recyclables (10%), kitchen waste (2%), Cans (49%), Bins (4%)
(refer to Fig. 7). There was also a total reduction of all industrial waste between 2001 and 2003.
Figure 7. Waste Generation Index • UNU
We cannot obtain an overall total of waste generated to fully determine whether our total waste
generated was reduced by 5% between 2001 and 2003.
The cost of waste disposal (excluding industrial waste) for the UNU Centre (refer to fig. 2) between
2001 and 2003, stabilised at ¥1.5 million. Although in 2002 there was a significant rise in the
cost of waste disposal, rising 12% to ¥1.7 million.
••• UNU’s Environmental Review Report 2004 by Gerard Brady, Makiko Yashiro, and Brendan
Barrett with some modifications
These are major achievements bearing in mind that personnel on campus grew from 108 in 1998
to 230 in 2003. Further, the number UN agencies in the building grew to eleven, with all floor space
occupied and the take up of the ground floor, with a new Media Studio and Zero Emissions Forum
(the UNU also disposed of all the waste that had occupied this location).
Brief description of UNU ISO 14001 EMS
The entire EMS is described in the EMS Manual produced as one of the UNU’s ISO 14001 documents.
Its brief introduction is given here. With the UNU Rector directly involved as key decision
makers of the system, one of the Vice Rectors is assigned to be the EMS Coordinator who supervises
the Implementation Officer dealing with daily activities. The Steering Committee or Working
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